Masanam v. The Inspector of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 09/10/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice G.ILANGOVAN CRL OP(MD). No.17936 of 2023

Masanam

... Petitioner/3rd Accused

Vs State, represented by The Inspector of Police, Usilampatti Town Police Station, Madurai District. (Crime No.129 of 2023).

... Respondent/Complainant

For Petitioner : Mr.Murugapandi.P,

Advocate.

For Respondent : Mr.S.Ravi,

Additional Public Prosecutor.

PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.439 of Cr.P.C. PRAYER :-For Bail in Crime No.129 of 2023 on the file of the respondent Police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :-

The petitioner/A3, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on

16.04.2023 for the offences punishable under Sections 8 (c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of NDPS Act in Crime No.129 of 2023 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2.The case of prosecution in brief: On 27.03.2023 at about 06.30 a.m., the respondent Police has received a secret information and after recording the information in Case Diary, the defacto complainant along with the Police Team went to the place of occurrence and conducted search. At that time they found 22 kgs of ganja in two vehicles. Hence, the complaint.

¶3The earlier bail application was dismissed by this Court, dated 04.09.2023.

¶4The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that Final Report has been presented on 08.09.2023, but it has not been taken on file so far.

¶5The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that only 1.50 kgs of Ganja has been recovered from this petitioner and the petitioner is in custody for 220 days.

¶6Recording the submissions made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, there shall be direction to the concerned trial Court to process the above said Final Report within a time stipulated as per rules. The petitioner can revive the bail application before the concerned trial Court.

¶7With the above said direction and liberty, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. sd/- 09/10/2023 / TRUE COPY / /10/2023 Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai - 625 023. Indu TO

¶1The Judge, Principal Special Court for EC & NDPS Act Cases, Madurai.

¶2The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

¶3The Inspector of Police, Usilampatti Town Police Station, Madurai District.

¶4The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.17936 of 2023 Date :09/10/2023 SSA/VRS/14.10.2023/3P/5C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023