CHENNAI: The Madras High Court dismissed the petition seeking to restrain the State from arresting Savukku Shankar under Goondas act.

T Vignesh an employee of Savukku media YouTube channel moved a petition seeking to restrict the State from arresting Shankar under the Goondas act.

The case was listed before a vacation bench of Justice K Kumaresh Babu.

After perusal of the petition the judge observed that the plea lacks maintainability since it was filed by a third person.

It would set a wrong precedent if the relief grant as sought, said the judge.

On May 4, Savukku Shankar was arrested by the Coimbatore cyber crime police, regarding the defamatory statements made by Shankar against the women police personnel in the State.

Later, he was produced before judicial magistrate and detained in the Coimbatore prison under judicial custody.