Gopi @ Ragavi @ Ezhil v. State Of Tamilnadu Rep By Inspector Of Police, Karur Town

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 21.04.2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. DHANABAL CRL OP(MD). No. 7740 of 2026 Gopi @ Ragavi @ Ezhil

...Petitioner/Accused No.1

Vs State of Tamil Nadu rep by The Inspector of Police, Karur Town Police Station, Karur District.

(Crime No.825 of 2025)

...Respondent/Complainant

For Petitioner:Mr.B.Santhanam Rajesh Kumar For Respondent:Mr.B.Nambi Selvan Additional Public Prosecutor PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.483 of BNSS PRAYER :-For bail in Crime No. 825 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police.

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ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / A1, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 21.09.2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 296(b), 115(2) and 310(2) of BNS, in Crime No.825 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2.The case of the prosecution is that on 21.09.2025, at about 10.00 p.m. When the defacto complainant after finishing his work, was proceeding on his two wheeler to visit his friend Babu near VKA petrol pump on Karur-Maduria Bypass Service Road, at that time, the petitioner and other transgender persons wrongfully restrained the defacto complainant abused him in filthy language and attacked with hand and also threatened the defacto complainant with knife and robbed a sum of Rs.21,500/- from his pant pocket. Hence the case.

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3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the respondent Police registered a case against the petitioner and others. He would further submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and she has been falsely implicated in this case. He would further submit that the co-accused were released on bail. The petitioner has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 21.09.2025. Hence, he prays to grant bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent would submit that the investigation is completed and charge sheet is filed and the same is pending committal in P.R.C.No.4 of 2026 and the petitioner has five previous cases and the offences are grave in nature. He would further submit that the petitioner was detained under Goondas Act and 3/8

thereafter, the same was revoked by this Court. However, he strongly opposed to grant bail to the petitioner.

5. This Court heard both sides and perused the materials available on record.

6. Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel on either side, nature of offence, and the investigation is completed and charge sheet is filed and the same is pending committal in P.R.C.No.4 of 2026 and the petitioner was detained under Goondas Act and thereafter, the same was revoked by this Court and the co-accused were released on bail and also considering the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioner from 21.09.2025, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner subject to the following conditions:

[a] Accordingly, the petitioner is 4/8

ordered to be released on bail on condition to 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 Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Karur, and on further conditions that:

[b] the petitioner shall report before the Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Karur, on all working days at 10.30 a.m., until further orders.

[c] the petitioner shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which she is accused, or suspected, or of the commission of which she is suspected;

[d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial;

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[e] the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence;

[f] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Judicial Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioner in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioner 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].

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[g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 BNS.

(P D B J) 21.04.2026 vsg To 1.The Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Karur.

2.The Inspector of Police, Karur Town Police Station, Karur District.

3.The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Trichy.

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

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P. DHANABAL, J., vsg

ORDER

IN CRL OP(MD) No. 7740 of 2026 Date : 21.04.2026 8/8