Sankar Raja v. The Inspector of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 08/09/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice G.ILANGOVAN Sankar Raja, ... Petitioner/Accused 2

Vs The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Dindigul. Crime No.16/2023. ... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : M/s.RAMESHKUMAR.D,

Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.B.NAMBISELVAN,

Additional Public Prosecutor For Intervenor : M/s.R.VENNILA, Advocate PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.439 of Cr.P.C PRAYER :- For Bail in Crime No.16/2023 on the file of the respondent polic ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner/Accused, was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on

28.07.2023, for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 120(b), 406, 420, 468 and 471 of IPC in Crime No. 16 of 2023, on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution is that the accused persons approached the defacto complainant promising to secure a Central Government job and received a sum of Rs.7,50,000/- through his bank account. Later, he failed to get job and also the accused has not returned the money. Hence the complaint.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent, he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution and he has been falsely implicated in this case.

¶4Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that as on date there are 29 victims are there and more than Rs.3 Crores have been collected. The petitioner herein received the amount and transferred to the account of the first accused. The first accused is in custody. No amount was recovered. It is also submitted that the petitioner is also involved in creating documents the seal of the Central Government. Based upon the complaint, a search was made in the house and some documents have been recovered. The petitioner is involved in four previous cases in similar nature. Prima facie materials have been collected during the course of investigation to implicate the petitioner.

¶5Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, this Court is not inclined to entertain this petition. I find no reason to grant relief to the petitioners herein.

¶6Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed.

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08/09/2023

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/09/2023

Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S. )

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,

Madurai - 625 023. PNN TO 1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, DISTRICT CRIME BRANCH, DINDIGUL. 2 THE OFFICER INCHARGE, DISTRICT PRISON, DINDIGUL. 3 THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.16306 of 2023 Date :08/09/2023 SA/GB/SAR. /25.09.2023/3P/4C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023.