Source – newindianexpress.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday imposed a cost of `25,000 on a man from Thoothukudi for wasting the court\u2019s time by filing a false petition alleging the abduction of a ward councillor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Bench comprising Justices T Raja and B Pugalendhi imposed the punishment on one M Palpandian from Thoothukudi. He had filed a habeas corpus petition seeking direction to trace a ward councilor from Kovilpatti panchayat — one T Senthil Murugan, whom the petitioner alleged of being \u2018abducted\u2019 by unidentified persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Senthil Murugan appeared before the court and gave a statement that he did not know the petitioner and was not abducted by anyone, the judges imposed `25,000 cost on Palpandian. They added that the amount should be paid to Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai within a week. The Bench had passed a similar order against one Raja on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, one Anbarasan claimed that his mother Arockiya Santhana Rani, a ward councillor in Sivagangai, was abducted. However, the Sivagangai police produced before the court a video footage, in which Rani was seen stating that she was not kidnapped and that would appear before the Sivagangai Collector on Saturday.<\/p>\n