Chennai Magistrate Dismisses Petition Against Deputy Mayor
A magistrate court in Chennai has dismissed a petition challenging the Central Crime Branch police report that cleared Deputy Mayor M Mahesh Kumar of forgery allegations. The case involved accusations that Kumar and others forged documents to take over a quarry business belonging to a deceased person.
Court Upholds CCB Findings
Metropolitan Magistrate A Chellapandian, who exclusively handles CCB cases, rejected the protest petition filed by A Esakkiammal. The court agreed with the CCB investigation that found no evidence to support charges under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The magistrate specifically examined Sections 120(B) for criminal conspiracy, 420 for cheating, and 465, 467, 468, and 471 for various forgery offenses. After careful consideration, the court determined that the actions of the accused individuals did not fall within the scope of these penal provisions.
Settlement Offer Revealed in Court Proceedings
In a significant revelation, the court noted that the accused persons had voluntarily offered to settle loans amounting to Rs 11.80 lakh and Rs 34 lakh with the petitioner. Esakkiammal, who is the second wife of deceased S R Mohan, had deliberately refused this settlement offer and the proposal to take over the partnership firm M/s Mars Mines.
The court observed that she has nothing to say in this case given her refusal of the settlement proposal. The magistrate concurred with the CCB findings that no criminal offense had been established against Mahesh Kumar and the other accused individuals.
The original FIR had named Deputy Mayor Mahesh Kumar along with P Gunasekaran, K Balamurugan, K Divakar and N Selvarajan. They were accused of taking over the partnership firm using forged documents following the death of Esakkiammal's husband Mohan.
With this court decision, the legal proceedings against the deputy mayor and other accused persons in this particular case have been concluded, upholding the CCB's clean chit report.
