1. The petitioner filed a petition under Section 156(3) of the CrPC seeking direction to register an FIR against actor Rajinikanth for allegedly making false and inflammatory statements about Dravidian ideologists including Periyar at an event. 2. The court examined the speech and found it was at best defamatory in nature regarding an alleged past event, and did not encourage unlawful behavior. 3. As the offenses of 153A, 504 and 505 IPC were not made out, the petition was dismissed while allowing the petitioner to pursue a private defamation complaint under Sections 499/500 IPC if so advised.