Bright Ponraj v. The State Of Tamilnadu
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 04.11.2025 PRESENT The HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY CRL OP(MD)No.6803 of 2025 Bright Ponraj ... Petitioner/Accused No.1 Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Thisayanvilai Police Station, Tirunelveli District.
(Crime No.692 of 2024) ....Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.M.Jegadeesh Pandian For Respondent : M/s.M.Aasha Government Advocate (Crl.Side) For Intervenor : Mr.Ananth C Rajesh PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.482 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Cr.No.692 of 2024 on the file of the first respondent police.
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ORDER: The Court made the following order :- The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 465, 471, 420 and 380 of IPC, in Crime No.692 of 2024, on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.
2.The case of the prosecution is that the de-facto complainant is the Branch Manager of Sriram Finance Limited, Thisayanvilai, Tirunelveli District. Bright Ponraj / petitioner herein worked in the said Branch as Team Leader and Loan Executive for a period of 3.5 years. It is his duty that he has to verify the loan application presented by the customer and process the loan, thereafter to credit the loan amount in the account of the customer. During the said process, the petitioner had created dubious loan accounts in the name of the customers (10 customers) and credited a sum of Rs.24,50,000/- in his account from 27.06.2023 to 10.05.2024. In addition to that, he received personal loan from the branch for a sum of Rs.1,80,000/- in his name and Rs.1,00,000/- in his wife's name, totally Rs.2,80,000/- was also under default. Further, he looted two RC Books of third party vehicles and RTO payments of Rs.35,700/-. When the same was questioned by the Branch Manager, he agreed to settle the amount by a letter dated 30.09.2024, even thereafter, no settlement was made. Hence, 2/7
this case.
3.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the petitioner has not committed any offence. He seeks this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
4.The learned Government Advocate (Crl. side) appearing for the respondent submitted that the offences committed by the petitioner are serious in nature.
5.Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner with certain conditions. 6.Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on his appearance, on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Radhapuram, Tirunelveli, within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on further conditions that: 3/7
[a]the petitioner and the sureties shall affix their photographs and left thumb impression in the surety bond and the Magistrate may obtain a copy of their Aadhaar card or bank pass book to ensure their identity. [b]the petitioner is directed to deposit a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakh Only), to the credit of Crime No. 692 of 2024 before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Radhapuram, Tirunelveli. After receipt of entire amount, the learned Judicial Magistrate, shall deposit the said amount in an interest bearing Fixed Deposit in any Nationalized Bank initially for a period of one year and renew them periodically until the final order/Judgment is passed in the case in Crime No.692 of 2024. The learned Judicial Magistrate or Trial Court shall pass orders regarding entitlement of the said amount in its final order/Judgment.
[c]the petitioner shall report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m., until further orders. The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation. [d]the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence or witness either during investigation or trial.
[e]the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial. [f]On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioner in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and 4/7
the petitioner is 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].
[g]If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 of BNS.
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TO
1. The learned Judicial Magistrate, Radhapuram, Tirunelveli
2. The Inspector of Police, Thisayanvilai Police Station, Tirunelveli District.
3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench Of Madras High Court, Madurai.
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S.SRIMATHY,J TMG
ORDER
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