S.Anandan v. The Inspector of Police

CRL OP(MD). No.18340 of 2023 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 02/11/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice G.ILANGOVAN CRL OP(MD). No.18340 of 2023 S.Anandan

... Petitioner/Sole Accused

Vs The State, through The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Madurai South, Madurai City. Crime No.38 of 2023. ... Respondent/Defacto Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.Niranjan.S.Kumar,

Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi,

Additional Public Prosecutor(Crl.Side)

PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.438 of Cr.P.C PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No.38 of 2023 on the file of the Respondent Police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner/accused, who apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent CRL OP(MD). No.18340 of 2023 Police for the offence punishable under Sections 5(1) and 6 of POCSO Act, in Crime No.38 of 2023 on the file of the respondent Police, seeks anticipatory bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution that the petitioner sexually harassed the defacto complainant and also sent vulgar messages through Whatsapp. Hence, the complaint.

¶3The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He further submitted that the petitioner is ready to comply any stringent condition that may be imposed by the Court.

¶4The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent police submitted that the petitioner sexually harassed the defacto complainant and also repeatedly sent vulgar messages through whatsapp. However, he vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

¶5Considering the gravity of the offence, the conduct and attitude of the petitioner and there is no change of circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant CRLeOP(MD).eNo.18340eofe2023 anticipatory o bail o to o the o petitioner. o Hence, o this o Criminal o Original o Petition o is dismissed.o oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooosd/- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo02/11/2023 oooo ooooooooooo/oTRUEoCOPYo/ ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo/11/2023 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooSub-AssistantoRegistraro(C.S.ooo) ooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooMaduraioBenchoofoMadrasoHighoCourt, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooMaduraio-o625o023.oo INDU TO 1ooo THEoINSPECTORoOFoPOLICE ALLoWOMENoPOLICEoSTATION,oMADURAIoSOUTH,o MADURAIoCITY. 2 THEoADDITIONALoPUBLICoPROSECUTOR, ooo MADURAIoBENCHoOFoMADRASoHIGHoCOURT, ooo MADURAI.o +1oCCotooM/s.NIRANJANoS.KUMAR,oAdvocateo(oSR-15917[I]odatedo03/11/2023o) ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooORDER ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooIN ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooCRLoOP(MD)oNo.18340oofo2023 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooDateoo:02/11/2023 SS/JGB/SAR-ooo/10/11/2023/3P/4Co MaduraioBenchoofoMadrasoHighoCourtoisoissuingocertifiedoocopiesoinothisoformatofromo17/07/2023o o