Venkatesh v. The Inspector Of Police
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
The petitioners who apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 294(b), 323, and 506(ii) of IPC in Crime No.501 of 2022, seeks anticipatory bail.
2. The case of the prosecution as per the defacto complainant is that the petitioners/accused persons in an inebriated condition, waylaid the defacto complainant and assaulted him with wooden logs and also caused injuries to him. Hence, the complaint.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are innocent and they have not committed any such offence as alleged by the prosecution and they have falsely implicated in this case. Hence, he prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) would submit that the petitioners/accused persons in an inebriated condition, waylaid the defacto complainant and assaulted him with wooden logs and also caused injuries to him. He would further submit that the injured has taken treatment as out patient. However, he vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to 1/4
the petitioner.
5. Taking into consideration the facts and the submissions made by the counsel and also the fact that the injured has taken out patient treatment, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail with certain conditions. 6.
Accordingly, the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on their appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Ulundurpet, Kallakurichi District on condition that each of the petitioners shall execute separate bonds for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties, each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the respondent police or the police officer who intends to arrest or to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, failing which, the petition for anticipatory bail shall stand dismissed and on further condition that:
[a] the petitioners and the sureties shall affix their photographs and Left Thumb Impression in the surety bond and the Magistrate may obtain a copy of their Aadhar card or Bank pass Book to ensure their identity. [b] the petitioners shall report before the respondent police every day at 10.30 a.m., until further orders. 2/4
[c] the petitioners shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial.
[d] the petitioners shall not abscond either during investigation or trial.
[e] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioners in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioners released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005)AIR SCW 5560].
[f] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 229A IPC.
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