Raja v. The Inspector Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 25/06/2024 PRESENT THE HON`BLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI Raja ... Petitioner/A1 Vs The Sub Inspector of Police, Tiruchendur Temple Police Station, Thoothukudi District.

Crime No.74 of 2024.

... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Vishnuvardhan, Advocate For Respondent :

Mr.E.Antony Sahaya Prabahar, Additional Public Prosecutor PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.439 of Cr.P.C.

PRAYER :- For Bail in Crime No.74 of 2024 on the file of the Respondent Police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner/A1, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 06.05.2024, for the offence under sections 294(b), 324, 397 and 506(ii) of IPC, in Crime No.74 of 2024, on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail. 2.The defacto complainant is a north Indian and working in the Natchiar Engineering Works Company. The petitioner is running a Panipoori shop nearby the above company. The defacto complainant is regularly visiting to the petitioner's shop to eat panipoori and hence they became known to each other. On 05.05.2024, the petitioner and the defacto complainant went to wineshop on Tirunelveli to 1/3

Kulasekarapattinam road to consume alcohol. At that time, the petitioner and the other accused persons threatened the defacto complainant and snatched a sum of Rs.500/- and a cell phone worth Rs.1000/-. Hence, the case. 3.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an innocent and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. In fact, the defacto complainant is the friend of the petitioner and there is a wordy altercation between them. However, the case has been registered as against the petitioner.

4.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent strongly objects for grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that five previous cases are pending as against the petitioner.

5.Considering the objections raised by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, considering the nature of offence and considering the antecedents of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to this petitioner. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.

sd/- 25/06/2024 / TRUE COPY / /07/2024 Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S. I / II / III / IV ) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai - 625 023.

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TO 1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, TIRUCHENDUR TEMPLE POLICE STATION, THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT.

2 THE OFFICER INCHARGE, DISTRICT JAIL, PERURANI, THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT.

3 THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI.

ORDER

IN CRL OP(MD) No.9149 of 2024 Date :25/06/2024 RS/JGB/SAR-(22.07.2024) 3P 4C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023 3/3