Saravanan v. Iop, Thirupathur

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

The petitioner who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 4(1)(aaa) & 4(1-A)(ii) of Tamilnadu Prohibition Act and Sections 6 & 7 of Tamilnadu Rectified Spirit Rules, 2000 r/w Section 120(B) of IPC in Crime No.222 of 2020, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 31.03.2022, when the respondent police were on their routine checkup, the petitioner and the other accused were found in illegal possession of 4725 litres of I.D.Arrack. Hence, the complaint.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Therefore, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. Per contra, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent would submit that the petitioner and the other accused were found in possession 4725 litres of I.A.Arrack and on seeing the police, the petitioner escaped from the scene of occurrence. He would further submit that there are 16 previous cases of similar nature as against the petitioner. Therefore, he vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Taking into consideration the facts of the case and the submissions made by the learned counsel, and also taking note of the fact that there are 16 previous cases of similar nature as against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. 08.09.2022 rgi

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

rgi 08.09.2022