A. Vignesh v. The State Rep.By

T.V.THAMILSELVI, J.

The petitioners, who were arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 10.05.2024 for the alleged offence under Section 302 of I.P.C., in Crime No.156 of 2024 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the defacto complainant is residing with his mother-in-law Ponni, who is aged about 58 years, at Chennai. Wife of defacto complainant and his children are residing separately due to family dispute. While so, on 09.05.2024, when he came back after completion of his carpenter work, the deceased Ponni floated in blood and she was found dead. The petitioners are neighbours, who attempted to develop illegal intimacy with a neighbourhood girl, which was questioned by the deceased Ponni. Aggrieved over that, the petitioners said to have attacked her, thereby she sustained serious injuries and died. Accordingly, the complaint was registered against the petitioners.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that they have been falsely implicated in this case as if they have committed murder of deceased Ponni. In fact, there is no specific overtact against these petitioners and they are innocent persons and they have not at all committed any offence as alleged by the respondent police. He would submit that there is no role of the petitioners in the alleged offence and they have been falsely implicated as accused in this case. He would further submit that the investigation is almost completed and that the petitioners have been suffering incarceration from 10.05.2024 for more than 50 days. Hence, he prayed to grant bail to the petitioners.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for respondent would submit that the petitioners have committed murder of one Ponni, who is aged about 58 years and she is mother-in-law of defacto complainant. He had also stated that totally 3 accused involved in this case and the petitioners are arrayed as A1 and A2 and A3, who is juvenile, was granted bail. He would also submit that if they are released on bail, they may abscond and they would tamper the witnesses and hamper the

investigation and the investigation is not yet completed. Hence, he vehemently opposed to grant bail to the petitioners.

5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions made by both counsel and according to prosecution, the petitioners are neighbours, who attempted to develop illegal intimacy with a neighbourhood girl, which was questioned by the deceased Ponni, who is aged about 58 years and she is mother-in-law of defacto complainant, having aggrieved over the same, the petitioners along with other accused attacked her with knife and committed murder of her and so, on seeing the gravity of offence committed by the petitioners and also the fact that now investigation is yet to be completed and if they are released on bail, they may abscond and there is possibility of tampering the witnesses and hampering the investigation, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 10.07.2024 rpp

T.V.THAMILSELVI, J.

rpp 10.07.2024