Palanikumar v. The State of Tamilnadu

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 30.07.2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No. 15834 of 2026 Palanikumar

...Petitioner

Vs State of Tamil Nadu rep. by The Inspector of Police, Annavasal Police Station, Pudukkottai District. (Crime No.187 of 2026)

...Respondent/Complainant

For Petitioner : Mr.D.Padmanabhan

Advocate

For Respondent : Mr.N.Balasubramanian Counsel for State of TN (Crl. Side) PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.483 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Bail in Cr.No. 187 of 2026 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 07.07.2026, for the offences punishable under Sections 194 @ 108 of BNS, in Crime No.187 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner joining hands with A1 and A3 developed contact with the deceased via 'Grinder app' and recorded the video of intimacy relationship between the A1 and deceased, subsequently, started to threatened him. Unable to bear the same, the deceased committed suicide by hanging himself. Hence, the case has been registered and the petitioner was arrested.

¶3The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and he was falsely implicated in this case and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He would further submit that he was falsely implicated in this case. There is no previous case against him. He is in judicial custody from 07.07.2026, and ready to co-operate with investigation. Hence, she prayed bail for the petitioner.

¶4The learned Counsel appearing for the State reiterated the prosecution case and reported that the petitioner has no previous case. He further submitted that investigation in this case is still pending. Totally three accused in this case. All were arrested. The petitioner is ranked as A2. Hence, he opposed to grant of bail to the petitioner.

¶5This Court heard both sides and perused the materials available on record.

¶6Considering the nature of the allegations, the other circumstances of the case, the petitioner has no previous case, it is the case of suicide and the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioner, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner, subject to certain conditions. [a] Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on condition to execute a bond for a sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate, Illuppur, and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m. for a period of three weeks, thereafter as and when required for interrogation; [c] the petitioner shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he/she is accused, or suspected, or of the commission of which he/she is suspected; [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial; [e] the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; [f] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Judicial 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 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 51730]. [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 BNS.

(K R S J)

30.07.2026 TM To

1.The District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate, Illuppur.

2.The Inspector of Police, Annavasal Police Station, Pudukkottai District. (Crime No.187 of 2026)

3.The Superintendent, Sub Jail, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai District.

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

K. RAJASEKAR, J. TM ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No. 15834 of 2026 Date : 30.07.2026