P.Ranjith @ Balasubramani v. The Deputy Superintendent Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 15.05.2024

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VADAMALAI 1.P.Ranjith @ Balasubramani 2.P.Vinoth 3.S.Muniyappan 4.N.Dinesh @ N.Dinesh Kumar 5.P.Gopi

...Petitioners

Vs.

1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District, Dindigul.

2.The State represented by The Inspector of Police, Guzilamparai Police Station, Dindiugl District.

3.P.Venkatesan

...Respondents

PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying to direct the learned Special Court for Exclusive Trial of SC and ST Cases, Dindigul to consider the bail applications to be filed by the petitioners on the same day in Cr.No.167 of 2024 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Guzilamparai Police Station, pending investigation with such terms and conditions imposed by this Court. 1/5

For Petitioners : Mr.J.Krishnakumar For R1 and R2 : Mr.R.Suresh Kumar Government Advocate (Crl.side) ****

ORDER

This petition has been filed seeking for a direction to the learned Special Judge for Exclusive Trial of SC and ST Cases, Dindigul to consider and dispose of the petitioners' bail applications on the same day of their surrender in respect of Crime No.167 of 2024 on the file of the second respondent.

2.In view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and also taking into consideration the possibility of misusing the pious intention of the Parliament against innocent persons, there shall be a direction to the the learned Special Judge for Exclusive Trial of SC and ST Cases, Dindigul, to consider the petitioners' bail applications, preferably on the same day of their surrender in connection with Crime No.167 of 2024 on the file of the second respondent and pass appropriate 2/5

orders in accordance with law after affording due opportunity to the victim under Section 15(A) of the SC/ST Act. The petitioners shall surrender before the concerned jurisdictional Court within a period of fifteen days from the date of the receipt of a copy of this Order. 3.It is needless to say that the Court below, while disposing the bail petition shall look into the gravity of the offence, previous antecedents of the petitioners and pass orders. Mere direction issued by this Court to consider the bail petition on the same day does not amount to consider it favourably.

4.With the above direction, the Criminal Original Petition stands disposed of.

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To 1.The Special Judge for Exclusive Trial of SC and ST Cases, Dindigul.

2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District, Dindigul.

3.The Inspector of Police, Guzilamparai Police Station, Dindiugl District.

4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court.

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P.VADAMALAI , J.

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