STATE OF TAMIL NADU REP BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE vs ANBHAZHAGAN — 231/2025

Summary The District Magistrate and Judicial Magistrate Court in Kodavasal acquitted four accused persons (Chandrahasan, Baskar, Nadarajan, and Rajendiran) charged under IPC sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint), and 270 (negligence in handling disease) for a September 27, 2021 protest against agricultural and electricity bills. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt, citing insufficient eyewitness testimony, contradictions in police evidence, and the absence of individual witnesses to establish the accused's participation. Under the benefit of doubt principle (CrPC 248(1)), the court discharged the accused. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.