The Madras High Court on Tuesday wanted to know whether prosecution would be withdrawn against former AIADMK MLA R. Kumaraguru, who had conducted a public meeting in Mandaveli in Kallakurichi town on Sunday, October 8, 2023, and tendered an open apology to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for having used foul language against them in another public meet held at the same venue on September 19.
Justice G. Jayachandran granted time till Wednesday, October 11, 2023, for the answering of this query. He said there would be no point in just granting the anticipatory bail petition of the former MLA but keeping the prosecution pending, when he had tendered the apology in an open forum. It would be only fair to withdraw the prosecution since the apology had been tendered on social media and also by conducting a public meet at the same venue, he said.
It was while hearing an advance bail petition filed by the former MLA that the judge had, on October 4, asked the petitioner if he would be willing to conduct another public meet at the same venue to tender an apology to the Chief Minister and the Sports Minister. The question was posed after the Court was not satisfied with the petitioner’s submission that he had already tendered an apology through Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
