Nagaraja Gokulapandian v. The Inspector of Police

CRL OP(MD). No.8643 of 2023 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 17/05/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mrs.Justice T.V.THAMILSELVI CRL OP(MD). No.8643 of 2023 Nagaraja Gokulapandian ... Petitioner/Accused No.4

Vs State rep. by The Inspector of Police, Kottampatti Police Station, Madurai District, in Crime No.129/2023. ... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : M/s. Chandrabose.M, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.M. Sakthi Kumar, Government Advocate (Crl.Side) PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.439 of Cr.P.C PRAYER :- For Bail in 129 of 2023 on the file of the respondent Police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner/accused, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 14.04.2023 for the offence under Sections 406, 419 and 420 IPC of I.P.C., in Crime No. 129 of 2023 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution is that A1 to A5 have conspired together and accordingly A4 and A5 have impersonated themselves as police constables and intercepted the vehicle belonging to the defacto complainant and taken away a sum of Rs.50 Lakhs along with cellphone. Hence, the complaint.

¶3The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and a false case has been foisted against him. CRL OP(MD). No.8643 of 2023

¶4The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent would submit that A1 is the driver of the defacto complainant and he has conspired with the other accused had taken away a sum of Rs.50 Lakhs from the car of the defacto complainant by impersonating themselves as police officials. He would further submit that a sum of Rs.46,50,000/- has been recovered and the petitioner filed before the court below was dismissed.

¶5Considering the serious nature of allegations made against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

¶6Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. sd/- 17/05/2023 / TRUE COPY / /05/2023 Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai - 625 023. TRP TO

¶1The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

¶2The Inspector of Police, Kottampatti Police Station, Madurai District.

¶3The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.8643 of 2023 Date : 17/05/2023 NA/CG/SAR- /22.05.2023/2P/4C