Chinnappu @ Sugumar v. The State Rep By Sub Inspector Of Police

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

The petitioner, who apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 341, 147, 148, 294(b), 392, 397 and 506(ii) of IPC in Crime No. 329 of 2021, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner along with five other accused has threatened the defacto complainant and robbed a sum of Rs.2,500/-, Mobile worth Rs.4,000/- and has also threatened him with knife point. Based on the complaint preferred by the defacto complainant, the case has been registered against the petitioner and five others.

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 for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that this is the fourth anticipatory bail petition and the earlier bail petition filed by the petitioner before this Court in Crl.O.P.No.3858 of 2022 was dismissed as withdrawn on 17.02.2022 and Crl.O.P.No.11907 of 2022

was dismissed on 19.05.2022. Hence, he vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Considering the nature of offence committed by the petitioner and taking note of the fact that this Court had dismissed the earlier applications filed by the petitioner and that there is no change of circumstances. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 11.07.2022 Lpp

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

Lpp Crl.O.P.No. 16015 of 2022 11.07.2022