N Jeevanatham v. The Inspector of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 09/11/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice P.VADAMALAI N.Jeevanatham, ... Petitioner/Sole Accused

Vs The Inspector of Police, Ayyampettai Police Station, Thanjavur District. Cr.No.358/2023. ... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.DHILIPAN PANDIAN R.L.,

Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.R.SURESH KUMAR,

Government Advocate (Crl.Side) PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.438 of Cr.P.C PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No. 358/2023 on the file of the Respondent police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :-

The petitioner/accused, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 379 IPC r/w. Section 21(4) of Mines and Minerals Act, 1957, in Crime No.358 of 2023, on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution is that when the respondent police was in patrolling duty, the petitioner herein has illegally transported ¼ unit of river sand by using their vehicles. Hence, the case.

¶3The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution and his name has been falsely implicated in this case and he prays for granting anticipatory bail.

¶4The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police would submit that the petitioner herein is having one previous case in similar nature and the property has also been recovered. He would further submit that investigation of the case is pending and hence, he strongly objected to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

¶5Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and that the property has been recovered, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to the following conditions:

¶6Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on his appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.III, Thanjavur, Thanjavur District, on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned and on further conditions that: [a]the petitioner and the sureties shall affix his photographs and left thumb impression in the surety bond and the Magistrate may obtain a copy of their Aadhaar card or bank pass book to ensure their identity. [b] the petitioner shall make a non refundable deposit of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand only) to the credit of the Chairman/District Collector, District Mineral Foundation Trust of the concerned District, without prejudice to his defence before the trial Court and on such deposit being made, the learned Judicial Magistrate shall accept the sureties furnished by the petitioner; [c] the petitioner shall report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m., for a period of 30 days and thereafter, as and when required for interrogation. [d]the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence or witness either during investigation or trial. [e]the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial. [f]On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned 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 is released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court CRLeOP(MD).eNo.20235eofe2023 inoP.K.Shajiovs.oStateoofoKeralao[(2005)AIRoSCWo5560]. [g]Ifotheoaccusedothereafteroabsconds,oaofreshoFIRocanobeoregisteredounder Sectiono229-AoIPC. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooosd/- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo09/11/2023 oooo ooooooooooo/oTRUEoCOPYo/ ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo/11/2023 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooSub-AssistantoRegistraro(C.S.oooo) ooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooMaduraioBenchoofoMadrasoHighoCourt, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooMaduraio-o625o023.oo TRP TO 1oTHEoJUDICIALoMAGISTRATEoNO.III THANJAVUR,oTHANJAVURoDISTRICT. 2oDOoTHROUGHoTHEoCHIEFoJUDICIAL MAGISTRATE,oTHANJAVURoDISTRICToAToKUMBAKONAM. 3oTHEoINSPECTORoOFoPOLICE, AYYAMPETTAIoPOLICEoSTATION,o THANJAVURoDISTRICT.o 4ooTHEooADDITIONALoPUBLICoPROSECUTOR, MADURAIoBENCHoOFoMADRASoHIGHoCOURT,o MADURAI.oo COPY TO: THE CHAIRMAN / DISTRICT COLLECTOR, DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATION TRUST, THANJAVUR DISTRICT. +1 CC to M/s.R.L.DHILIPAN PANDIAN, Advocate ( SR-16118[I] dated 09/11/2023 ) ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.20235 of 2023 Date :09/11/2023 SA/DD/SAR. /15.11.2023/5P/7C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023.