Jegankumar v. The Deputy Superintendent Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.01.2021 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE Mrs. JUSTICE R. HEMALATHA 1.Jegankumar 2.Eswari 3.Sakthivel 4.Thamizhilselvan ... Petitioners Vs.

1.The State By the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Oddanchatram Division, 2.The Inspector of Police, Oddanchatram Police Station, 3.Kavitha ... Respondents Prayer : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C to direct the Additional District and Sessions Judge (Special Court for PCR Cases), Dindigul, to consider their bail applications on the same day on their surrender in respect of Crime No.2243 of 2020 on the file of the second respondent police, pending investigation.

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Venkatesh For Respondents 1 & 2 : Mr.R.Erottuchamay Government Advocate (Crl.side)

ORDER

The petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.2243 of 2020 of Oddanchatram Police Station, Dindigul District. The said case was registered against the accused under Sections 294(b) and 506(i) IPC r/w 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Amendment Act, 2015. 2.The present petition filed by the petitioners is to direct the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Special Court for PCR Cases), Dindigul, to accept the surrender of the 1/3

petitioners and also to consider the bail application on the same day.

3.Mr.R.Erottuchamy, learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) takes notice for the respondents 1 and 2. The third respondent is the de-facto complainant.

4.Since the prayer itself is to accept the surrender of the petitioners and consider the bail application by the learned Sessions Judge, Dindigul, this Court is inclined to pass the following orders :-

1) The petitioners should appear before the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Special Court for PCR Cases), Dindigul, within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order / uploading of the order.

2) On such surrender, concerned Sessions Judge, may consider the bail application filed by the petitioners on merits, after giving notice to the concerned Public Prosecutor.

5.With the above observation, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) rmk Note In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned.

To 1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Oddanchatram Division, 2/3

2.The Inspector of Police, Oddanchatram Police Station, 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

4.The Additional District and Sessions Judge (Special Court for PCR Cases), Dindigul.

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