Sankar v. Inspector Of Police
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 06.10.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Sankar ... Petitioner Vs.
The State Rep. By, The Inspector of Police, Sholinghur Police Station, Ranipet District.
Crime No.222 of 2025 ... Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on bail in P.R.C.No.46 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Sholinghur, Ranipet District.
For petitioner :
Mr.K.Kannan For Respondent :
Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Criminal Side) 1/4
O R D E R
The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 16.06.2025, for the offences punishable under Sections 194(1) of BNSS Act, 2023, and subsequently altered to Sections 194(1) of BNSS Act, 2023, @ 25(1A), 25(1AA) of Arms Act, 1959, read with Sections 103(1) and 61(2) of BNS Act, 2023, in Crime No.222 of 2025, on the file of the respondent Police, seeks bail.
2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner's brother, namely Seenu, was murdered, and a case in this regard was registered in Crime No.118 of 2025. The deceased in the present case, Chakravarthy, was an Advocate and the husband of the de facto complainant. It is alleged that the deceased was shot dead by the accused, as he had attempted to secure bail for the accused persons who were involved in the murder of the petitioner's brother.
3. It is further alleged that the petitioner hatched a criminal conspiracy along with other accused, and in pursuance of the said conspiracy, A1 and A2 attacked the deceased (Advocate) and murdered him by firing gun shots. 2/4
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the investigation in this case is over and that there is no specific overt act attributed to the petitioner in the FIR. Hence, he prayed for grant of bail to the petitioner.
5. Learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police reiterated the prosecution case and submitted that this is a case of murder of an Advocate who was appearing on behalf of his client. He further submitted that the petitioner murdered the deceased out of rivalry, and though the investigation has been completed and the final report filed, the enmity between the two groups still continues. It was further submitted that the earlier bail petition filed by the petitioner had been dismissed by this Court in Crl.O.P.No.23255 of 2025 dated 11.09.2025. Hence, he strongly opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner.
K.RAJASEKAR, J.
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6. Considering the manner in which the occurrence had taken place, the fact that the deceased, an Advocate, was murdered on account of his professional service, and further fact that the rivalry between the two groups still continues, though the final report has been filed and also taking into account that this is the second bail petition, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, this criminal original petition stands dismissed. 06.10.2025 cda To 1.The Judicial Magistrate, Sholingur, Ranipet District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Sholinghur Police Station, Ranipet District.
3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.
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