Sathishkumar v. State Rep By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 25.02.2026

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and Crl.M.P.Nos.14696 & 14697 of 2023

1. Sathish Kumar

2. Murali

3. Sheshathiri

4. Javagar

5. Madeshwaran

6. Subramani

7. Raja S/o.Thirupathi

8. Sivakami

9. Prabhakaran 10.Sundararajan 11.Elangovan 12.Raja S/o.Periyamani 13.Gnanasundari 14.Kandan 15.Senthil 1/6

16.Gobi 17.Jaya 18.Ganapathi 19.Anandh 20.Premkumar 21.Saran 22.Sekar 23.Senthilmurugan 24.Chandrasekaran 25.Kumar 26.Yuvaraj 27.Sankar 28.Karthikeyan 29.Shanmugam 30.Kanagaraj 31.Subramaniyam 32.Siddeswaran @ Sidhan 33.Saravanan @ Titanic 34.Nirmaladevi 35.Senthilkumar 36.Rathnavel 37.Pachamuthu 38.Yuvarani 39.Nethaji 2/6

40.Gunasekaran S/o.Mariyappan 41.Karthikeyan 42.Gunasekaran S/o. Velayutham

43. Krishnan @ Padi ... Petitioners Vs.

1.

State represented by, The Inspector of Police, Mallasamudram Police Station, Namakkal District.

(Crime No.104 of 2022) Ramesh ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita/Section 482 Cr.P.C., to call for the records and quash the charge sheet in C.C.No.79 of 2023, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, in Crime No.104 of 2022 on the file of the first respondent police. For Petitioners : Mr.C.S.Saravanan For R1 : Mr.S.Santhosh Government Advocate (Criminal Side) For R2 : No Appearance 3/6

O R D E R

The present Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings pending against the petitioners in C.C.No.79 of 2023 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Tiruchengode, Namakkal. When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) submitted that the trial in this case has already commenced, LW1 to LW3 have been examined and the case now stands posted on 03.03.2026.

3.

Taking note of the facts of the case and the submissions made by the learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) that the trial has already commenced in this matter, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the trial proceedings at this stage.

4.

At this juncture, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners sought the indulgence of this Court, to dispense with the personal appearance of the petitioners before the trial Court. 5.

Given the stage of the case which is sought to be quashed, the Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. Consequently, the connected 4/6

miscellaneous petitions are closed. However, the personal appearance of the petitioners before the trial Court is dispensed with, except for receipt of copies, answering the charges, questioning under Section 313 Cr.P.C., passing of judgment, or any other date as may be required by the trial Court. The petitioners shall be duly represented by their counsel before the trial Court on all hearing dates.

25.02.2026 ham To 1.

The Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchengode, Namakkal.

The Inspector of Police, Mallasamudram Police Station, Namakkal District.

3.

The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

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