Sakthivel v. The State Rep By

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

Apprehending arrest in connection with W.L.O.R.No.9 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 2, 9, 39, 40(1), (2), 49A, 49B(1), 50, 51(1), 57 & 51A (g) Wild Animal Protection Act 1972 (Amendment Act 2022), the present petition has been filed seeking anticipatory bail.

2.Pleading innocence on the part of the petitioner, false implication in the case, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks indulgence of this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. He also submits that the petitioner has no previous case against him. He further submits that the petitioner is ready to abide by any stringent condition that may be imposed by this Court.

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3.The case of the prosecution as putforth by the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent Police, opposing for grant of anticipatory bail, when the respondent police were in vehicle inspection on 25.10.2024 at Puzhuthikuttai Check Post, they intercepted a Bolero Jeep and found that the petitioner and others were found in illegal possession of two Indian Pangolin - Manis Crassicaudata (vWk;g[ jpd;dp). He further submit that the petitioner has no previous case pending against him. 4.Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate (Crl.

Side) for the respondent Police and perused the materials available on record, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner with certain conditions and 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 of receipt of a copy of this order, before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Vazhapadi on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of Page No.

the respondent Police or the Police officer who intends to arrest or to the satisfaction of the said Magistrate, on further condition that: [a] if the petitioner fail to surrender before the said Magistrate within a period of fifteen days, this Order shall stand automatically cancelled;

[b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent Police daily at 10.30 a.m for a period of two weeks and thereafter on every Saturday at 10.30 a.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 269 of BNS.

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