P.Dhinakaran v. The State Rep By
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
The petitioner who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 294(b), 324, 427 and 506(ii) of IPC in Crime No.71 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.
2. The case of the prosecution as per the defacto complainant/Vijay is that he is working in a petrol bunk and due to previous enmity, the petitioner along with other accused had taken him to a secluded place and assaulted him with hands and beer bottle resulting in him sustaining injuries. Hence, the complaint.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in this case, since he happens to be the friend of the main accused. He would further submit that the arrested accused in this case has already been enlarged on bail. Hence, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
4.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent would submit that the defacto complainant is working in a petrol bunk and due to previous enmity, the petitioner along with other accused had taken the defacto complainant to a secluded place and assaulted him with hands and beer bottle resulting in him sustaining injuries. He would further submit that there is no previous case pending against him. Hence, he vehemently opposed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
5.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent and perused the entire materials available on record.
6.Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also of the fact that there is no previous case pending against him, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner with certain conditions.
7.Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on his appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Alandur, Chennai on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties, in which, one surety should be either mother or father of the petitioner, 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 petitioner 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 petitioner shall report before the respondent police everyday at 06.30 p.m., until further orders. [c] the petitioner shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial.
[d] the petitioner 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 petitioner in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioner 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.
22.11.2022 vkr
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
vkr 22.11.2022