Bujji@Sampoornam v. State Rep By

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.

The petitioner who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offences under Sections 294(b), 341, 323 of IPC r/w Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Women Harassment Act registered in Crime No.407 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. It is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner/accused and the defacto complainant are neighbours and there was a dispute regarding the drainage which ran between the two houses. The husband of the petitioner / A2 had been arrested and granted bail..

3. Taking an over all consideration of the entire facts of the case, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner with certain conditions.

4. Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in 1/4

the event of arrest or on her appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Tiruttani on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the respondent police or the police officer, who intends to arrest or to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, failing which, the petition for anticipatory bail shall stand dismissed and on further condition that:

[a] the petitioner and the sureties shall affix their photographs and Left Thumb Impression in the surety bond and the Magistrate may obtain a copy of their Aadhar card or Bank pass Book to ensure their identity.

[b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent Police, as and when required for interrogation;

[c] the petitioner shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial; [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either 2/4

during investigation or trial;

[e] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioner in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioner released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005)AIR SCW 5560];

[f] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 229A IPC.

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