Thirumani Selvam v. The State Rep By Its,

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

The petitioner/A4 who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offence punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of I.P.C, in Crime No.265 of 2022, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner along with other accused persons approached the defacto complainant and stated that they are having an extreme powerful object which will fetch good profits and demanded a sum of Rs.30 lakhs from the defacto complainant. The defacto complainant also paid the said sum. Thereafter, the accused persons gave a bag with bricks and instructed to open after three hours. Thereafter, it was found that the defacto complainant was cheated. Hence, the complaint.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that only on confession of A1, the petitioner has been roped into this case and the petitioner is no way connected to this case. He would further submit that

the matter has been settled between the defacto complainant and the petitioner. Hence, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. It is seen from the records that this is the fourth anticipatory bail petition filed by the petitioner and even now, there is no change of circumstances in this case. Further, though the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the matter has been settled between the parties, he failed to produce any piece of evidence to show that there was a settlement between the petitioner and the defacto complainant. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 22.11.2022 lok

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

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