S. Sara Packiyarani v. The State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By The Inspector Of Police,
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 24.11.2025 PRESENT The HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY CRL OP(MD)No.21237 of 2025 1.S.Sara Packiyarani 2.A.Prince 3.P.Jane Karen ... Petitioners/Accused Rank not known Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Thallakulam, Madurai District.
(Crime No.25 of 2025) ....Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.J.Sankarapandian For Respondent : M/s.M.Aasha Government Advocate (Crl.Side) PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.482 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Cr.No.25 of 2025 on the file of the first respondent police.
ORDER: The Court made the following order :- 1/6
The petitioners, who apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 406 and 506(i) of IPC, in Crime No.25 of 2025, on the file of the respondent police, seek anticipatory bail.
2. The case of the prosecution is that the son of the petitioners 1&2 and the defacto complainant are husband and wife. The petitioners are in-laws of the defacto complainant and they demanded additional dowry and harassed the defacto complainant and she suffered serious hardship and humiliation. Hence, a case has been registered as against the petitioners and their son.
3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and they have not committed any offence. He seeks this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. side) appearing for the respondent submitted that the petitioners are in-laws of the defacto complainant and demanded additional dowry from the defacto complainant and harassed her. However, she opposed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 2/6
5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and considering the nature of offence and also the fact that they are in-laws of the defacto complainant and considering the age of the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners with certain conditions.
6. Accordingly, the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on their appearance, on condition that the petitioners shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.VI, Madurai, within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on further conditions that: [a]the petitioners 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 petitioners shall report before the respondent police as and when required;
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[c]the petitioners shall not tamper with the evidence or witness either during investigation or trial; [d]the petitioners shall not abscond either during investigation or trial;
[e] 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 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];
[f]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 No.VI, Madurai.
2. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Thallakulam, Madurai District.
3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench Of Madras High Court, Madurai.
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S.SRIMATHY, J PJL
ORDER
IN CRL OP(MD) No.21237 of 2025 Date : 24.11.2025 6/6