V.Sreenivasan v. State By

Crl.O.P.No.19621 of 2022 Crl.O.P.No.19621 of 2022 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Section 138 of NI Act and Section 420 of IPC, in Crime No. Not known of 2022, seeks anticipatory bail. 2.Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent Police submitted that the petition enquiry in C.S.R.No.1320 of 2022 is pending against the petitioner.

3.The learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the respondent police is harassing the petitioner under the guise of enquiry.

4. Considering the facts and circumstances, the respondent police is directed to conduct enquiry and if any prima facie case is made out against the petitioner, register the F.I.R or close the petition enquiry within a period of two weeks from today. The parties are directed to cooperate with the enquiry. It is needless to say that the respondent police shall not take any coercive steps to secure the accused till the completion of enquiry on the complaint lodged by the defacto complainant.

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Crl.O.P.No.19621 of 2022 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

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5. With the above directions, this criminal original petition is disposed of.

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