Vickey @ Vignesh v. The State Rep By Its,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 24.06.2020

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Vickey @ Vignesh, M/25, S/o. Kumaresan, Perumal koil Street, Pudhupakkam Village, Chennai-67 ... Petitioner Vs.

State Represented by, The Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District.

Cr. No.1968 of 2020 ... Respondent\ Prayer : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C., praying to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest concerned in Crime No.1968 of 2020 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District. For Petitioner : Mr. M.Sathyasai Eswari For Respondent : Mr.M.Mohammed Riyaz, Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

The petitioner who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 294(b), 324, 506(ii) of IPC in Crime No.1968 of 2020, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that there was a quarrel between the petitioner and the defacto complainant during which, the petitioner is alleged to have assaulted the defacto complainant and abused him with filthy languages. Hence, the complaint.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. Therefore, he prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the injured has been discharged from the hospital and there is no previous case against the petitioner. However, he opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Considering the above fact and circumstances of the case and also of the fact that the injured has been discharged from the hospital, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner with certain conditions.

6. Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on his appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the learned Judicial Magistrate, No.II, Ponneri, on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties, out of which one shall be a blood related surety, 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 daily at 10.30 a.m., for a period of two weeks and thereafter 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 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 abscond/s, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 229A IPC.

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To 1.The learned Judicial Magistrate, No.II, Ponneri.

2. The Inspector of Police, Sholavaram Police Station, Thiruvallur District.

3. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai.

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J vsn 24.06.2020