Premalatha v. State Represented By The Inspector Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 10.02.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR and Crl.M.P.No.1567 of 2026 Premalatha ... Petitioner/ Accused Vs.

The State Rep. By, The Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Avadi City Police, Chennai.

Crime No.114 of 2025 ... Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in Crime No.114 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police.

For Petitioner :

Mr.Natesh Pandi For Respondent :

Ms.J.R.Archana Government Advocate (Crl. Side) 1/4

O R D E R

The petitioner herein apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 of IPC in Crime No.114 of 2025, on the file of the respondent Police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner is A7 in this case and she has colluded with other accused promise to get bank loan and collected various identification documents from the victims and after collecting the identification documents, they themselves opened the bank account and arranged bank loan from various banks, however instead of handing over the loan amount to the borrower or the persons who approached them seeking loan, they themselves keep the credentials, more particularly passwords and they themselves withdrawn it and cheated the borrowers as wells as bank officials. Hence, the case.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is ranked as A7 in this case and she was also one of the victim and she was not aware of the alleged malpractice done by other accused and his bank account has been misused by them. He further produced some of the bank statements with regard to the loan amount disbursed to other accounts more particularly A1 and A7's account.

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4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) reiterated the prosecution case and submitted that total amount cheated by the accused in this case is Rs. 2.99 crores and after granting interim anticipatory bail, she also appeared before the respondent police and given statement and further the investigation revealed that she had collected Rs.78 lakhs through her bank account which belongs to some other beneficiaries and all these amount have been swindled by her and further submitted that investigation in this case is pending.

5. I have considered the submissions made on both sides including the bank statement of the petitioner herein, wherein though some of the entries shows that payment were transferred to petitioner's account to other account, this statement shows only portion of amount, however majority of the amount is with the petitioner herein and it is a clear case of cheating, hence this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, this criminal original petition is dismissed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is ordered. 10.02.2026 sma 3/4

K.RAJASEKAR, J.

sma To

1. The Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Avadi City Police, Chennai.

2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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