V K NARAYANAN vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

1/16 APL-7-2026.docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 7 OF 2026 1. V. K. Narayanan Age: 85 years, Occuptaion : retired Presently residing at Veemboor Mana, Mana Resort, Pazhayi P.O., Pudukkad, Trichur, Kerala – 680 301 …Applicant Versus. 1. The State of Maharashtra ( Through the Senior Inspector of Police Of Tilak Nagar Police Station) ...Respondent CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATED : 23rd FEBRUARY, 2026 ORAL JUDGMENT : 1. Heard Mr. Rajendra Sorankar, learned Advocate for the Applicant, and Ms. Pallavi Dabholkar, learned APP for the Respondent – State. 2. This Application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is preferred by the Applicant for the quashing of FIR No. 13 of 2017, dated 27.01.2017 (“impugned FIR”), registered by the Tilak Arjun 2/16 APL-7-2026.docx Nagar Police Station under Section 2 (4) (l) of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, and the Charge Sheet registered as Criminal Case No. 460 / PS/ 2017, arising out of the impugned FIR. 3. The material facts of the case are that on Republic Day in 2017, members of “Shri Rajani Society” gathered at the building,