Bombay High Court Quashes FIR and Chargesheet Against Protestors in IIT Valpoi Agitation — Mere Presence in Crowd Without Unlawful Object Does Not Constitute Offence Under IPC Sections 143, 147, 353, 149. The court held that allegations of marching to a police station and raising slogans, without any allegation of unlawful object, weapons, or actual destruction, do not make out any offence under the charged sections, and further continuance of prosecution would be an abuse of process.
12 Mar 2025The petitioners, Tukaram @ Manoj Parab and Rohan Kalangutkar, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution read with Section 4...
