Chakravarthy v. The State Rep By Its
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, CRL OP No. 8998 of 2026, decided 09-04-2026 by Justice M. Nirmal Kumar. Anti-harassment direction petition (police not to harass petitioner except by due process of law) arising from representation dated 30.03.2026; dismissed after recording that an earlier Current Paper Enquiry was compromised and that a fresh complaint dated 26.03.2026 resulted in FIR in Crime No.7 of 2026 under Section 69 of BNS 2023 (love affair between petitioner and defacto complainant). Keywords: police harassment, FIR, BNS 2023 S.69, Current Paper Enquiry, compromise, due process, dismissed.
What did the court decide?
The Court merely recorded the Additional Public Prosecutor's submission (that an earlier Current Paper Enquiry had been compromised and that a fresh complaint of 26.03.2026 led to an FIR in Crime No.7 of 2026 under Section 69 of BNS 2023) and dismissed the Criminal Original Petition; no direction against police action was issued.