V.N.Ayyadurai v. The Inspector Of Police

Crl.O.P.No.22138 of 2016 R.MALA,J.

The petitioners apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offence punishable under Section 406 IPC, in Crime No.Not known of 2016 on the file of the respondent police and hence, pray for anticipatory bail.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are innocent persons and they have been falsely implicated in this case and hence, he prays for anticipatory bail.

3. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) would submit that on the basis of the complaint given by the de-facto complainant, only petition enquiry is pending in C.S.R.No.774 of 2016.

4. Considering the submission made by the learned Government Advocate (Crl.side), I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. However, I am inclined to give a direction to the respondent

R.MALA, J.

AP not to harass the petitioners under the guise of petition enquiry. The respondent is directed to follow the dictum laid down in D.K.Basu Vs. State of West Bengal reported in AIR (1997) SC 610.

5. With the above direction, this Criminal Original petition is disposed of.

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