Chennan v. State Rep By Its, The Inspector Of Police,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 20.02.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Chennan ... Petitioner/A1 Vs.

The State Rep. By, The Inspector of Police, Deevattipatti Police Station, Salem District.

Crime No.478 of 2025 ... Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in Crime No.478 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police.

For Petitioner :

Mr.C.Deepak Kumar For Respondent :

Ms.J.R.Archana Government Advocate (Crl. Side) 1/4

O R D E R

The petitioner herein apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 296(b), 115(2) of BNS read with Section 4 of TNPHW Act altered into Section 126(2), 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), 85, 87 and 133 of BNS read with Section 4 of TNPHW Act in Crime No.478 of 2025, on the file of the respondent Police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The allegation against the petitioners is that the first petitioner is the husband, and the petitioners 2 and 3 are the in-laws of the defacto complainant. It is alleged that the defacto complainant had separated from her matrimonial home and was working in a college, and on the date of the alleged occurrence, the petitioners waylaid and restrained her, severely attacked her and thereafter abducted her in a car to the first petitioner's native place, where they confined her in a house and assaulted her repeatedly. Subsequently, the police arrived at the spot and rescued the victim and admitted in the Dharmapuri Government Hospital. Hence, the case.

3. This is the third anticipatory bail petition filed by the petitioner. Earlier this Court dismissed the petitioner's bail petitions on the following ground:

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On perusal of the FIR, it is seen that the occurrence took place in the month of April 2025, and it is revealed that the victim was taken from her place of the work to the house of the first petitioner, where she was brutally attacked and confined. Thereafter, the police were informed about the confinement, rescued her and admitted her to the hospital. Considering the overt act attributed to the first petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the first petitioner. Accordingly this Criminal Original Petition, is dismissed.

Now without any change in circumstances, present petition is filed. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 20.02.2026 sma 3/4

K.RAJASEKAR, J.

sma To 1.The Inspector of Police, Deevattipatti Police Station, Salem District.

2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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