P. Kiruba @ Kirubakaran v. The State Of Tamilnadu

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 08.09.2025 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY P.Kiruba @ Kirubakaran ... Petitioner Vs.

The State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by the Inspector of Police, Thiruverumbur Police Station, Trichy District.

(Crime No. 432 of 2022) ... Respondent For Petitioners : Mr.V.Sukumar For Respondent : Mr.E.Antony Sahaya Prabhar Additional Public Prosecutor PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.482 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No. 432 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police. 1/4

ORDER: The Court made the following order :- This is the second application. The petitioner/A3, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 120(b), 302, 201 r/w 34 of IPC, in Crime No.432 of 2022, on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2.The case of the prosecution is that the defacto complainant is the wife of the deceased Nagaraj. Since the deceased had been missing from 16.12.2022, the defacto complainant lodged a man missing complaint before the respondent Police. Thereafter, one Samugamoorthy was arrested in connection with Crime No.51 of 2025. During the course of investigation, the said Samugamoorthy confessed about the death of Nagaraj stating that the deceased Nagaraj had sexually harassed a woman named Vanitha, abused her, and had intercourse with her. He also allegedly threatened to upload a videograph of the incident on the internet if she did not cooperate for further intercourse. In October 2022, Vanitha reported the sexual abuse to her brother Aravind and to Sanmugamoorthy. Subsequently, on 16.12.2022, Aravind and Sanmugamoorthy, along with other accused persons, murdered Nagaraj by drowning him in the Cauvery river and hide his body. Hence, the case. 2/4

3.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and he has not committed any offence. He seeks this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 4.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent submitted that the offences committed by the petitioner are serious in nature and he has one previous case.

5.Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is directing the petitioner to surrender before the Judicial Magistrate No.VI, Trichy. The petitioner shall submit a bail application before the learned Judicial Magistrate. On such submission, the learned Judicial Magistrate shall consider the bail application in accordance to law on merits on the same date. 6.With the above said directions, the criminal original petition is disposed of. sd/- 08/09/2025 / TRUE COPY / 11/09/2025 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 Judicial Magistrate No.VI, Trichy.

2 The Inspector of Police, Thiruverumbur Police Station, Trichy District.

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

+1 CC to M/s.V.SUKUMAR, Advocate ( SR-9862[I] dated 10/09/2025 )

ORDER

IN CRL OP(MD) No.14649 of 2025 Date :08/09/2025 AS/11.09.2025/4P/5C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023. 4/4