Madurai Bench quashes FIRs against two anti-CAA protesters
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday quashed FIRs registered by the Madurai police against advocates T. Lajapathi Roy and Henri Tiphagne.
In separate incidents, the advocates had staged demonstrations against the amendments made to the Citizenship Act.
Hearing the petition filed by Mr. Roy searching for to quash the FIR, Justice G.R. Swaminathan noticed that FIRs had been registered against as many as 26 individuals within the wake of an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest close to Goripalayam Pallivasal, on February 8.
The court docket noticed that it was true that the assembly was convened with out prior permission from authorities involved. But it was not the case of the police that an untoward incident had occurred. Even based on the prosecution, just some intemperate slogans had been raised. Taking into consideration that no act of violence was dedicated, the choose allowed the petition and quashed the FIR registered against the advocate.
Further, the choose mentioned the advantage of the order would enure in favour of the opposite accused within the case as nicely, who had not filed petitions searching for to quash FIRs.
Similarly, Justice J. Nisha Banu quashed two FIRs registered against advocate and human rights activist Henri Tiphagne. The choose took cognisance that no untoward incident had taken place and noticed that there have been protests throughout the nation against amendments to the Act.
Since the protest was peaceable and even the FIR didn’t disclose any act of violence or any untoward incident, the choose mentioned the continued prosecution was not warranted. Quashing the identical would safe the ends of justice, the choose mentioned, including that the advantage of the order would enure to the opposite accused as nicely.
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