K.Sundar Rajan Alias Sundra Murthy v. State Represented By

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

Apprehending arrest in connection with Crime No.1052 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 296(b), 132 and 351(2) of BNS, 2023, the present petition has been filed seeking anticipatory bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that, on 12.11.2024, at about 2.30 p.m., the defacto complainant who is an Assistant Director of Agriculture, when he was conducting the digital crop survey along with his colleague and college students, at that time, the petitioners along with others restrained them, abused and threatened them of dire consequences and A1 assaulted the defacto complainant with hands. Hence the case.

3. Pleading innocence on the part of the petitioners, false implication in the case, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks indulgence of this court. He further submits that the petitioners are ready to abide by any stringent conditions that may be imposed by this Court.

4. The case of the prosecution as putforth by the learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) appearing for the respondent police, opposing for

grant of anticipatory bail, is that, when the defacto complainant went for digital crop survey, the petitioners restrained them, attacked, abused and threatened with dire consequences. He would further submit that it is a case of case in counter.

5. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) for the respondent Police and perused the materials available on record, this court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners with certain conditions.

6. Accordingly, the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or their appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Tiruthani, on condition that the petitioners shall execute a separate bond for a sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand Only) with two sureties, each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the respondent police or the police officer who intends to arrest or to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, failing which, the petition for anticipatory bail shall stand dismissed and on further condition that:

[a] the petitioners and the sureties shall affix their photographs and Left Thumb Impression in the surety bond and the

Magistrate may obtain a copy of his Aadhar card or Bank pass Book to ensure their identity;

[b] the petitioners shall report before the respondent police everyday at 10.30 a.m., until further orders; [c] the petitioners shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial; [d] the petitioners 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 petitioners in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioners 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 abscond, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 of B.N.S.

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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

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