Sekar @ Gunasekar v. The State Rep By

RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN, J.

The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offence punishable under Section 380 of IPC in Crime No.327 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 23.11.2022, the defacto complainant came to notice that some unknown persons, who was working in the Company had stolen Stainless Steel pipes and Iron materials from the Company, which was totally worth of 350 Kgs and escaped from the scene of occurrence. Hence, the complaint.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely roped in this case. He would further submit that due to payment of salary issue a false complaint has been given by the Company and the petitioner was not present in the scene of occurrence. He would further submit that the petitioner is ready to abide by any condition imposed by this Court. Hence, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) would submit that there are totally seven accused in this case in which, the petitioner is arrayed as 5th accused. He would further submit that the petitioner along with other accused committed theft of 350 Kgs of SS pipes from the Company. After verifying the CCTV footage, the persons who are illegally committing the theft of SS pipes were identified. He would also submit that part of the materials have been recovered from the accused and further investigation is necessary in this case. Hence, he opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Considering the facts and circumstances and further investigation is necessary in this case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, this criminal original petition is dismissed.

11.08.2023 ata RMT.TEEKAA RAMAN , J.

ata 11.08.2023