Dismissed¶23

Gowthami v. The Assistant Commissioner of Police

Madras HC13 Feb 2026CRL OP/3619/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Madras High Court; Crl.O.P. dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to approach trial court; Section 582 BNSS criminal original petition; SC/ST (POA) Act special court Tiruppur; Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2025; Crime No.133 of 2025; further investigation by neutral and fair investigating officer; additional charge sheet including all accused; withdrawal with endorsement by counsel; connected miscellaneous petition closed; no merits argued; single-judge bench A.D. Jagadish Chandira.

What did the court decide?

Dismissal as withdrawn with liberty to file an appropriate petition before the trial court; connected miscellaneous petition Crl.M.P.No.2509 of 2026 closed. ¶23

Gowthami Vs The Assistant Commissioner of Police — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Crl.O.P.No.3619 of 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 13.02.2026

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CORAM:

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA

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Crl.O.P.No.3619 of 2026 and Crl.M.P.No.2509 of 2026

Gowthami

...Petitioner

Vs.

The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Tirupur.

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(Crime No.133 of 2025)

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Balakkannan

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Maheshwari ...Respondents

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Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 582 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, to call for the records in connection with the case in Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2025 on the file of the Special Court for trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, Tiruppur and set aside the same and subsequently, direct further investigation with a neutral and fair investigating officer in Crime No.133 of 2025 and also to issue direction to file the additional charge sheet in the above case based on their investigation by way of including the name of all accused.

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For Petitioner : Mr.S.Kingston Jerold

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For Respondents : Mr.S.Santhosh, GA(Crl. Side), for R1

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Page No.1 of 3

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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Crl.O.P.No.3619 of 2026

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O R D E R

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When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel

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for the petitioner sought permission of this Court to withdraw this petition with liberty to file an appropriate petition before the trial court. He also made an endorsement to the said effect in the petition today.

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2. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this criminal original petition stands dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file an appropriate petition before the trial court. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

13.02.2026

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