Madras High CourtCRL OP/13415/2020allowed

Selvarajan @ Selvarasu v. State By

2020-09-01Honourable Mr Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED:01.09.2020

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN CRL.O.P.No.13415 of 2020 1.Selvarajan @ Selvarasu 2.Jayakumar 3.Elayaraja 4.Rajanayagam 5.Bakiyaraj @ Packiyaraj 6.Karthik 7.Raja 8.Pari 9.Prabhakar @ Prabagaran 10.Gobi ... Petitioners Vs State represented by its The Inspector of Police, Meensurutti Police Station, Ariyalur District.

(Crime No.460 of 2020) ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, praying to direct the learned Sessions Judge, (Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases registered under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, Ariyalur District, to accept the surrender of the petitioners herein concerned in Crime No.460 of 2020 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Meensurutti Police Station, Ariyalur District and consider the bail petition on the same day itself.

For Petitioners: Mr.K.Balu For Respondent : Mr.S.Karthikeyan, Additional Public Prosecutor.

O R D E R

This petition is filed for a direction to the learned Sessions Judge, (Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases registered under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, Ariyalur District, to accept the surrender of the petitioners https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

herein concerned in Crime No.460 of 2020 on the file of Inspector of Police, Meensurutti Police Station, Ariyalur District and consider the bail petition on the same day itself.

2. In view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and also taking into consideration of the possibility of misusing the pious intention of the Parliament against innocent persons, there shall be a direction to the learned Sessions Judge, (Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases registered under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, Ariyalur District, to consider the petitioners' bail application, preferably on the same day of their surrender in connection with Crime No.460 of 2020 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after affording due opportunity to the victim under Section 15(a) of the SC/ST Act. The petitioners shall surrender before the concerned jurisdictional Court within a period of fifteen days from the date of the receipt of a copy of this Order.

3. In view of the above, the Criminal Original Petition stands allowed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CCC) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ub To

1. The learned Sessions Judge, (Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases registered under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989, Ariyalur District.

2. The Inspector of Police, Meensurutti Police Station, Ariyalur District.

(Crime No.460 of 2020)

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

CRL.O.P.No.13415 of 2020 vsn II[co] srg 04/11/2020 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/