Sutti Murugan @ Murugan, v. The Inspector Of Police,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Thursday, the Twenty Second day of March Two Thousand Eighteen PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice R.PONGIAPPAN CRL OP(MD) No.4077 of 2018 SUTTI MURUGAN @ MURUGAN ... PETITIONER / ACCUSED RANK NOT KNOWN Vs THE STATE REP.BY, THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KALAKKAD POLICE STATION, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT.

(CRIME NO.451 OF 2017) ... RESPONDENT / COMPLAINANT For Petitioner : M/S.M.KARUNANITHI Advocate For Respondent : MR.A.ROBINSON Govt. Advocate ( Crl. Side) PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. ORDER : The Court Made the following order :- The petitioner/Accused, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offence punishable under Section 379 IPC., in Crime No.451 of 2017, seeks anticipatory bail. 2.The case of the prosecution is that on 13.11.2017, the petitioner and other accused stolen 17 goats from the house of the defacto complainant. Hence, the case has been registered against the petitioner and other accused persons for the above said incident.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Hence, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side)appearing for the respondent submitted that the stolen properties are recovered. He further submitted that the petitioner is having 13 previous cases. According to the prosecution, the investigation is still pending.

5. The submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for either side are considered. It is alleged that during the time of occurrence, the petitioner and other accused had stolen 17 goats from the defacto complainant's house. Eventhough, as of now, the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

stolen properties are recovered, considering the fact that the petitioner is having 13 previous cases, in which 3 cases are similar in nature, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.

sd/- 22/03/2018 / TRUE COPY / Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai - 625 023.

TO 1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KALAKKAD POLICE STATION, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. 2 THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI.

ORDER

IN CRL OP(MD) No.4077 of 2018 Date :22/03/2018 MKV-PMI-SAR 4/5.4.2018/2P-3C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/