Vijayaraghavan, Aged 18 Years v. The State Rep. By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 25.04.2018

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH Crl.OP.No.12245 of 2018 1.Vijayaraghavan 2.Aravinth 3.Ranjith 4.Murugesan 5.Kuppusamy 6.Palani 7.Raja 8.Kumaresan 9.Srinivasan 10.Raghunath 11.Chinnasamy 12.Krishnamoorthy 13.Sudharsan 14.Uthaya Baskar 15.Mahendran 16.Vignesh 17.Ragupathi 18.Murugesan ... Petitioners/Accused No.2 to 13, 15 to 19 & 21 Vs The State represented by The Inspector of Police Padlur Police Station Perambalur District.

...Respondent/Respondent

Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to direct the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Perambalur to consider the bail application of the petitioners concerned in Crime No.121 of 2018 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Padalur Police Station, Perambalur District on their surrender on the same day.

For Petitioners :

Mr.C.Prabakaran For Respondent :

Mrs.Kritika Kamal.P Government Advocate (Crl.Side)

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking a direction to the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Perambalur to consider the bail application of the petitioners concerned in Crime No.121 of 2018 on the file of the Inspector

of Police, Padalur Police Station, Perambalur District on their surrender on the same day.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been implicated in this case for the alleged offences under Sections 147, 148, 294(b), 323, 324 and 506(ii) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3(1)(r) and 3 (1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Amendment 2015 and that in view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the said Act, the petitioners cannot move any anticipatory bail application and therefore, the petitioners have come forward with the said prayer.

3. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) takes notice for the respondent.

4. Considering the submissions of both sides and also considering the nature of the prayer in this case in view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the S.C. & S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act that the petitioners cannot move any anticipatory bail, the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Perambalur is directed to consider the bail application, in the event of the petitioners filing such petition in connection with Crime No.121 of 2018 pending on the file of the respondent / police within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and consider the same in accordance with law on the same day.

With this observation, this criminal original petition is disposed of.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-viii) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mk To

1. The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Perambalur.

2. The Inspector of Police Padalur Police Station Perambalur District.

3. The Government Advocate (Crl. Side) High Court, Madras.

+1cc to Mr.C.PRABAKARAN, Advocate, S.R.No. 31014 Crl.OP.No.12245 of 2018 KJ(CO) TR(26/04/2018)