Mahendran v. The State Rep By Its,

Crl.OP.No.23726 of 2022 Crl.O.P.No.23726 of 2022 A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

The petitioner who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 294(b), 386, 324 & 506(ii) of IPC, in Crime No.122 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police, seek anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the accused persons have demanded money from the de-facto complainant for purchasing liquor. For which, there was a wordy quarrel between them, wherein the petitioner along with co-accused had assaulted the de-facto complainant with beer bottle and snatched a sum of Rs.500/- from him. Hence the case.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and he is no way connected with the alleged offence. Hence he prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) appearing for the respondent would submit that the investigation is not yet completed and if the petitioner is granted anticipatory bail, there is a possibility that he will tamper the witnesses and hamper the investigation. He would further submit that there are 2 previous cases pending as against the petitioner and hence he vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Taking into consideration the allegations and also the bad antecedent of the petitioner and the fact that the case is in the initial stage of the investigation and that the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is essential, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 10.10.2022 mpl Crl.O.P.No.23726 of 2022 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis