The Madras High Court on Friday closed a petition filed by Legislative Assembly Speaker M. Appavu in 2019 to quash a land grabbing case registered against him. It recorded the submission of police that it had already filed a negative final report before the lower court concerned.
Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira said there was no necessity to pass orders on the Speaker’s plea to quash the First Information Report (FIR) since the Tirunelveli District Crime Branch had completed the investigation and filed a final report terming the case a “mistake of fact.”
