Baskar @ North D Baskar v. The State Rep By, The Inspector Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 12-03-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN Baskar @ North D Baskar ..Petitioner Vs The State represented by, The Inspector of Police, B2 - RS Puram Police Station, Coimbatore District.

Crime No.25 of 2024.

..Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner/accused on bail in Crime No.25 of 2024 (on the file of the R.S.Puram Police Station at Coimbatore District) pending investigation on the file of the Respondent police. For Petitioner:

Mr.V.Manikandan For Respondent:

Mr.S.Vinoth Kumar, Government Advocate (Crl.Side)

ORDER

The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 15.03.2024 for the alleged offences under Sections 342, 395, 397, 452 of Indian Penal Code, @ 109, 120B, 342, 395, 397, 452, 506(ii) of Indian Penal Code, 1860, (Sections 127(2), 310(2), 311, 333 @ 49, 61(2), 127(2), 310(2), 311, 333, 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in Crime No.25 of 2024 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 25.01.2024 at about 12.15 p.m., some persons allegedly trespassed into the house of the complainant, wrongfully restrained him, threatened him and robbed cash of Rs.9,00,000/-, gold jewels worth about Rs.6,00,000/- and five mobile phones from the house of the complainant. The total value of the alleged stolen properties is Rs.15,18,000/- Based on the complaint, the respondent police registered the present case.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 15.03.2024. He further submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. However, the learned counsel submitted that the petitioner is willing to abide by any conditions that may be imposed by this Court and therefore, prayed for the grant of bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police would submitted that the petitioner was already convicted in a murder case and while he was in custody he was shown arrest in the present case on 15.03.2024. Since the petitioner was convicted in the earlier case, he could not move any bail application. Subsequently, in the appeal, the petitioner has been acquitted and thereafter he has filed the present bail application.

5. I have given anxious consideration to the submissions made by the learned counsel on either side.

6. From the submission of the learned counsel on either side, this Court is of the view that the petitioner has now been acquitted in the murder case and also taking into account the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioner since 15.03.2024 in the present case and also considering that by this time investigation might have been completed, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail, subject to certain conditions.

7. Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate No. I, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District and subject to the following conditions:

[a] the sureties shall affix their photographs and Left Thumb Impression in the Application for Surety ship [Judicial Form No.46 annexed to 'The Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019']. The learned Magistrate shall obtain a copy of any one of the identity proofs to ensure their identity; [b] the petitioner is directed to stay at Nagercoil District and report before the Inspector of Police, N-2

Vadasery Police Station, Nagercoil daily at 10.30 a.m. until further orders;

[c] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial;

[d] the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence or witness either during investigation or trial; [e] on breach of any of the aforementioned conditions, the learned Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioners in accordance with law as if the conditions had been imposed and the petitioner released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court itself, as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005)13 SCC 283];

[f] if the petitioner thereafter abscond, a fresh FIR may be registered under Section 269 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

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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 Judicial Magistrate No.I, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District.

2. The Central Prison, Cuddalore District.

3. The Inspector of Police, B2 - RS Puram Police Station, Coimbatore District.

4. The Inspector of Police, N-2, Vadasery Police Station, Nagercoil District.

5. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

C.KUMARAPPAN, J.

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