Vigneshwaran v. State By The Inspector Of Police

Orders Reserved on 25.09.2023 Orders Pronounced on RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN.,J.

The petitioners who are arrayed as A.1 to A.5 apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 341, 324, 384, 307 & 506 (ii) IPC, registered in Crime No.552 of 2023, seek anticipatory bail.

2. On the basis of a complaint given by one K.Kumaravel, the respondent has registered a FIR in Crime No.552 of 2023 for the above mentioned offences. The complaint was that the petitioners have unlawfully assembled and assaulted him on 03.08.2023 at about 11.30 p.m. and the respondent has registered a case on 04.08.2023 at 9.00 a.m.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the 1st petitioner is an elected Councilor of Thiruverkadu Municipality. The 4th petitioner herein is a practicing Advocate in the High Court. It is the practice of the complainant and his associates illegally mining the sand in the near 1/4

river bed. Already one Radha, mother of Kumaravel was elected as Councilor, who by misusing or abusing her position as Councilor illegally mining the sand for quite number of years. After the 1st petitioner was elected as a Councilor who was restricted the complainant and his Associates from illegal sand mining, which provoked the complainant and his Associates, viz. Kandasamy, Yuvaraj, Arun @ Delhi, Vijay and Sankar.

4. The learned Government Advocate (crl.side) would contend that the petitioners and others in toto 20 people have pelted stones and attacked the defacto complainant and others and caused injury. Three of them sustained grievous injury and filed the photographs with the injury alongwith Accident Register copy to show that the injuries are grave in nature.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the intervenor and the learned Government Advocate (crl.side) and perused the records.

6. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and the fact that the investigation is in the preliminary stage, I am not inclined to grant 2/4

anticipatory bail to the petitioners for the present, with a liberty to file fresh application after passage of time or change in circumstances.

7. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. rgr (2/2) 3/4

RMT. TEEKAA RAMAN.,J.

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