Gokul @ Gokulakannan v. The State Rep.By
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
The petitioner/A2, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 329(4), 296(b), 118(1) and 351(3) of BNS, 2023 and Section 4 of TNPHW Act, 2002 and Section 3 of TNPPDL Act, 1992, in Crime No.173 of 2024, on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.
2. The case of the prosecution is that due to previous enmity, on 01.10.2024 at about 9.30 p.m., when the daughter of the defacto complainant was at her house, the petitioner along with the other accused, unlawfully assembled with rioting armed with deadly weapons and the accused abused the defacto complainant's daughter in filthy language and assaulted with hands and caused damages to the household articles to the tune of Rs.80,000/-. Hence, the case.
3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submitted that the injured has been discharged from the hospital. He further submitted that the petitioner is ready to abide by any stringent 1/3
condition that may be imposed by this Court. Hence, he prayed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
4. Learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police, while opposing for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, submitted that the petitioner along with the other accused, unlawfully assembled with rioting armed with deadly weapons and the accused abused the defacto complainant's daughter in filthy language and assaulted with hands and caused damages to the household articles to the tune of Rs.80,000/-. He further submitted that there are four previous cases pending against the matter similar in nature. 5.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) for the respondent and perused the materials available on record.
6.Considering the gravity of offence committed by the accused and that the bad antecedents of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, at this stage. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.
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