Saravanan Alias Vellai Saravanan v. The Inspector Of Police,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 06-03-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN Saravanan Alias Vellai Saravanan S/o.Gunasekaran, No.17, Lakshmi Amman Kovil Street, Perambur, Chennai - 600 011.

..Petitioner(s) Vs The Inspector of Police, M3 Puzhal Police Station, Puzhal, Chennai - 66.

In Cr.No.40/2026 ..Respondent(s) PRAYER: The Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 483 of B.N.S.S. praying to enlarge the Petitioner on bail in Crime No.40 of 2026 pending investigation on the file of the respondent police. For Petitioner(s):

Mr. V.K.Kavin For Respondent(s):

Mr. S. Vinoth Kumar, Government Advocate (Criminal side).

ORDER

The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 11.01.2026 for the alleged offences under Sections 126(b), 296(b), 311 and 351(3) of B.N.S. in Crime No.40 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner along with other accused demanded money from the defacto complainant to consume liquor and when the same was refused, the accused threatened the defacto complainant, snatched a sum of Rs.2,100/- from his pocket at knife point. Hence the case.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He would further submit that co-accused were already granted bail and the petitioner is ready and willing to abide by any condition that may be imposed by this Court and hence prayed to grant bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Criminal side) strongly objected to enlarge the petitioner on bail on the ground that there are 11 other previous cases pending against the petitioner.

5. From the submissions made by the learned Government Advocate, it appears that the petitioner has been incarcerated since 11.01.2026. Though the petitioner has been under judicial custody for the past past more than 50 days and the co-accused were released on bail, considering the severity of allegations against this petitioner and considering the past antecedents of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

6. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 06-03-2026 MJS Note:

1. Registry is directed to forthwith upload this order in the Official Website of this Court.

2. All concerned to act on this order being uploaded in Official Website of this Court without insisting on certified hard copies. To be noted, this order when uploaded in the official website of this Court will be watermarked and will also have a QR code.

To 1.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

2. The Inspector of Police, M3 Puzhal Police Station, Puzhal, Chennai - 66.

C.KUMARAPPAN, J.

MJS 06-03-2026