Masanam v. The Inspector of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 05/12/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice G.ILANGOVAN

Masanam

... Petitioner / Accused No.3 Vs The Inspector of Police, Usilampatti Town Police Station, Madurai District. (Crime No.129 of 2023).

... Respondent / Complainant

For Petitioner : Mr.B.Santhanam Rajesh, 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 09.10.2023.

¶4The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that Final Report has been filed before the concerned Court. Further, one previous case is pending against the petitioner.

¶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.

¶6Considering the facts and circumstances of this case and the bad antecedent of the petitioner, I find no change of circumstances in this case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

¶7With the above said, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.

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05/12/2023

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/01/2024

Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S. I / II / III /IV)

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,

Madurai - 625 023. INDU To

1.The Inspector of Police, Usilampatti Police Station, Madurai District.

2.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.21830 of 2023 Date :05/12/2023 ED/ VR /SAR- (10/01/2024) 3P / 4C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023