TN BSP leader K Armstrong murder case: Madras HC quashes detention of 17 accused under Goondas Act
A division bench of Justice M S Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan, however, observed that the quashing of the detention under Goondas should not influence the grant of bail to the accused.
The court passed the order on a batch of pleas moved by the kin of the accused persons arrested in the case, challenging the detention under Goondas.
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According to the petitioners, the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Police (GCP) issued the order of detention in a 'mechanical manner' without 'applying his mind,' and the detention order was not duly intimated to them, violating the provisions of the Act.
On July 5, 2024, the Tamil Nadu state unit president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (
BSP
), K Armstrong, 47, was hacked to death by a six-member gang while he was chatting with his friends and supporters near his house in a crowded locality at Sembiam near Perambur.
According to the prosecution, at around 7 pm, the gang came on three bikes and pounced on Armstrong, wielding deadly weapons.
Before his men could respond and come to his rescue, the gang hacked him brutally and escaped, leaving him in a pool of blood.
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