A Vijayakumar v. Sub Inspector Of Police

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.

The Petitioner/A16 in Crime No.603 of 2023 registered by the Respondent Police for the offences under Sections 120B, 419 and 420 IPC, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The learned counsel for the Petitioner stated that the Petitioner is in no way connected with the alleged offence and he is not a named Accused in the First Information Report. He also stated that only on confession statement, he has been arrayed as an Accused in this case. Thus, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the Petitioner herein.

3. The learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) stated that there are totally twenty Accused persons in this case. It is stated that out of twenty, 16 Accused persons had been arrested and some of them had granted bail and some of them are still in custody and one of the Accused had detained under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The modus operandi of all of the Accused persons is that, they promised that they would give new currency notes and in this manner, there is an earlier case registered against the Petitioner herein.

1/4

4. In the instant case, the Petitioner had lured the defacto complainant to part with a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Lakhs only) and when he brought the sum of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Lakhs only), all the Accused persons, had surrounded him stating that they were police officials and took him in a car and left him away after taken away the cash. Out of the cash of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Lakhs only), it is stated by the Respondent that Rs.45,00,000/- (Rupees Forty Five Lakhs only) had been recovered.

5. Insofar as the role of the Petitioner herein is concerned, it is on the confession of one of the Accused that the Petitioner had lend his car. In the confession, it had been stated that the Petitioner herein had taken the other Accused persons around in the car and masqueraded as police officials. On other side, he had also stated that he was an Advocate. It is also very specifically stated in the counter statement that one of the Accused had paid the Petitioner a sum of Rs.3,50,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs and Fifty Thousand only).

2/4

6. Taking into consideration about the seriousness of the offence and also that there is an earlier case of the similar nature against the Petitioner herein, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner herein. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. 05.01.2024 mkn2 3/4

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN , J.

mkn2 05.01.2024 4/4