The Madras High Court on Friday quashed two First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) in 2016 against DMK MP S. Jagathrakshakan, accusing him of having usurped properties belonging to Chrome Leather Company.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan allowed the two quash petitions pending in the High Court since 2020 on the ground that the registration of the FIRs was nothing but an abuse of the process of law. He agreed with senior counsel S. Manishankar and advocate N. Senthil Kumar, representing the MP, that charges of forgery and fabrication were not made out.
The judge pointed out that the Chennai Central Crime Branch police had registered two FIRs in connection with same charges in 2007 but closed those cases after filing negative final reports. A Judicial Magistrate in Poonnamalee had accepted the final reports, despite a protest petition by the complainant, in 2009.
