Synopsis: The petitioners argued that registering a case because he arrived seven hours late was unreasonable. “Is coming late a crime?” they asked, stressing that no police personnel were present at the spot at the time. They added that there was no intention to harm their own party cadres and insisted the incident should not be treated as culpable homicide.

The Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Friday, 3 October, reserved its order in the anticipatory bail plea of TVK functionaries, General Secretary N Anand alias ‘Bussy’ Anand and Joint General Secertary CTR Nirmal Kumar, in connection with the criminal case registered after 41 people died in a stampede at actor-turned-politician Vijay’s rally in Karur.

Senior advocate V Raghavachari appeared on behalf of the petitioners, while A

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