Sendhil Kumar v. The State Rep By

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 201, 302, 364 I.P.C. @ 120(b), 147, 148, 201, 302 & 364 I.P.C. in Crime No.137 of 2022, in Crime No.137 of 2022, on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution as per the defacto complainant viz. Devi is that on account of previous enmity, the accused had kidnapped her son / the deceased and had committed murder by brutally cutting him into pieces.

3.Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has been implicated in this case since he happens to be the brother of A1 and A6. He further submitted that there is no role played by the petitioner in this case.

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4. Per contra, the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent vehemently opposed for the grant of anticipatory bail by submitting that the case has been registered very recently on 10.07.2022. He added that due to previous enmity, the accused had committed murder of the deceased by indiscriminately cutting him into pieces with Aruval. The petitioner herein is A9, who is the brother of A1 and A6. The specific overt act against him is that he was watching the movements of the other accused and he was well aware of the plans of the other accused of committing murder. He added that the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is very much required as the arrested accused are still in custody and the investigation is in the initial stage. 5.Taking into consideration the fact that the investigation is in the initial stage and the arrested accused are still in custody, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail. This Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed accordingly.

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