Veena George Assault Case: Accused Withdraws From Kerala High Court Plea Seeking Investigation By Senior Police Officer
The Kerala High Court on Monday (June 29) closed the the plea by the 1st accused seeking supervised investigation by a senior police official to look into the alleged assault on former Health Minister Veena George at Kannur Railway Station.
When the matter came up before Justice G. Girish, the petitioner sought permission to withdraw the plea.
The Court then granted permission and closed the petition as withdrawn.
In its June 10 order, the Court had recorded the submission of the prosecutor that Final Report has been filed in the case incorporating the offences under Sections 189(2) [Unlawful assembly], 191(2) [Rioting], 126(2) [Wrongful restraint], 115(2) [Voluntarily causing hurt], 121(1) [Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty] and 132 [Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty] read with Section 190 [common intention] of BNS and Sections 147 and 145 of Indian Railways Act.
Background
The prosecution allegation is that on February 25, 2026 at about 3:15 p.m., when the former Minister arrived at Kannur Railway Station to board Vande Bharat express to Thiruvananthapuram, the accused persons trespassed into the railway premises, showed black flags, raised slogans and allegedly attempted to attack her and obstruct her from performing official duties.
A crime was registered by the Kannur Railway Police Station for the offences, including Section 109(1) [Attempt to murder]. The accused was thereafter arrested on the same day and underwent custody till March 12 before being granted bail by the Sessions Court, Thalassery.
In his plea, the petitioner had contended that the allegations in the FIR were completely exaggerated and false. It was also pointed out that the afore incident occurred in a highly secured public place and under extensive police presence, CCTV surveillance and media coverage. Moreover, in the multiple video footages taken on the day, it is clearly visible that the accused was standing outside the entrance/portico area and was protesting by raising slogans and showing black flags, stated the plea.
The plea had also stated that is is evident that the Minister was surrounded by security personnel consisting of police officials and security staff at all times and they had formed a protective ring around her upon her arrival. The plea had further pointed to a delay of around 7 hours in registering the FIR and had stated the same would show the mala fide intention of the defacto complainant and the victim to formulate a false case, incorporating non-bailable offences.
The petition was moved by Advocates Feroze D., Abid Ali K.A., Janet Varghese and Adarsh A.
Case No: WP(Crl.) 548/2026
Case Title: Athul M.C. v. State of Kerala and Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 353