While Shanmugam had made such statement in August 2022, a complaint was registered with the local police in October that year by DMK member TG Rajasakthi. The police had then registered an FIR against Shanmugam, booking him for having breached public peace and for disturbing the tranquility between communities.
The Court noted that the complaint had been filed belatedly even though no one seemed to have been affected by Shanmugam’s statements.
“A complaint drafted on consultation and presented after 40 days after the alleged offences of promoting enmity, causing disturbance to maintaining harmony, insult or intent to provoke the breach of peace or attempt to disturb public tranquillity make no sense when no untoward incident reported because of the alleged speech,” the Court said while quashing the FIR.
Source: Barandbench
