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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has quashed the chargesheet filed by the CBI against erstwhile Inspector General of Police, Head of Idol Wing CID, A.G. Ponn Manickavel.
The tribunal was proceeding petitions filed by Mr. Manickavel who sought the quashing of the case. Earlier, the Madras High Court ordered a CBI probe portion proceeding the petition filed by erstwhile Deputy Superintendent of Police I. Kader Batcha who alleged Mr. Manickavel had falsely implicated him successful an idol theft case.
The tribunal had directed the CBI to probe into the allegations against Mr. Manickavel. Pursuant to the tribunal order, the CBI filed a caller First Information Report citing Mr. Manickavel arsenic an accused based connected the representations made by Mr. Batcha.
In his petition, Mr. Manickavel said the precise speechmaking of the FIR does not disclose immoderate of the offences registered against him and it was a wide lawsuit of maltreatment of the process of law. He alleged, Mr. Batcha lone to flight from the culpability of the cases registered against him, made frivolous representations against the petitioner and filed a absorption petition with misleading facts to wreak vengeance. The CBI mechanically registered the FIR. The full ailment was mendacious and with a mala fide volition foisted against the petitioner.
Justice R.N. Manjula observed connected the look of it the FIR registered by the CBI against the petitioner lacks successful worldly particulars arsenic it does not incorporate immoderate particulars of the offence committed by the petitioner. The FIR fails the trial of legality and acceptability and truthful does the chargesheet, the tribunal observed.
The tribunal held some the FIR and the chargesheet did not disclose immoderate materials to prolong the charges made against the petitioner. Consequently, it quashed the chargesheet and different proceedings against the petitioner.
