Hariharan @ Hari v. State Rep By

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.

The petitioner is an accused in C.C.No.4712 of 2019, now pending before the V Metropolitan Magistrate at Egmore, seeks bail. Originally, Crime No.1087 of 2018 had been registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 341, 294(b), 323, 324 & 506(ii) of IPC. He had been remanded on execution of non-bailable warrant on 09.10.2023. The said NBW had been issued on 11.12.2022. 2.The learned counsel for the petitioner stated that the petitioner had been detained under Act 14 of 1982 and on 26.09.2023. He had been released on directions of the State Advisory Board. It had therefore been stated that the petitioner could not have surrendered earlier.

3.The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) for the respondent disputes this particular statement and stated that for an offence under Section 307 IPC, FIR in Crime No.495 of 2023, alone, the

petitioner had been detained under Act 14 of 1982. Earlier to that, though the non-bailable warrant had been issued in December 2022, till he was detained, the petitioner had not surrendered before the Court. 4.It is also stated that there are as many as 18 previous cases against the petitioner all of similar offences. There is always every possibility of the petitioner once again absconding. Let the trial be completed. The petitioner may focus on doing effective cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution. At this stage, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed.

23.11.2023 rjr/ata

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.

rjr 23.11.2023