Shri. K. Mariappan Vs the State

This is an application for relaxation of the conditions by which this Court had enlarged the petitioner on bail by an order dated 24^th November, 2025. The petitioner says that the alleged incident occurred in Car Nicobar Islands where the petitioner resides with his family. At the time of the alleged incident, the victim was also at Car Nicobar Islands. This Court, while granting the bail, imposed the following conditions:-

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“The bail prayer of the petitioner is allowed subject to him furnishing bail bound of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of Rs. 5000/- each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Port Blair.

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Let petitioner attend court on each day of trial without any default.

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The petitioner shall not enter into the jurisdiction of the police station where the victim permanently resides, till further order in this regard.”

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The petitioner says that the victim, as will appear from

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the charge sheet appearing at pages 16 – 17 to this application, is a resident of South Andaman and permanent resident of Coimbatore. The order dated 24^th November, 2025 imposed a ban on the petitioner from entering the jurisdiction of the Police Station where the victim permanently resides.

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It is the case of the petitioner that the charge sheet has been filed and framing of charges is awaited. Since the victim resides at South Andaman and a permanent resident of Coimbatore, the ban on entering the jurisdiction of the concerned Police Station at Car Nicobar is no more relevant. On the contrary, the petitioner’s family is residing at Car Nicobar and it will be inconvenient for the petitioner, if the petitioner is not allowed to enter the concerned police station at Car Nicobar. The petitioner also says that he is cooperating with the investigation and has not shown any overt act to stall the investigation.

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On behalf of the prosecution, it is submitted that there is a likelihood of the petitioner tampering with the evidence or intimidating the witnesses, if he is allowed to enter the jurisdiction of the concerned police station at Car Nicobar.

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Considering the submissions made by the parties and the materials on record, I find that the submissions made by the petitioner are of substance. The victim does not reside at Car Nicobar on the contrary the family of the petitioner resides thereat. The charge sheet has been filed and as such investigation is primarily over. At the same time, the apprehension on behalf of the prosecution cannot be withered away.

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In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the condition imposed while granting the bail by an order dated 24^th November, 2025 is relaxed to the extent that the petitioner will be entitled to enter the jurisdiction of the subject police station at Car Nicobar and to stay thereat along with his family.

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The petitioner, however, during his stay at Car Nicobar, shall not do any act either to intimidate the witnesses or to

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tamper the evidence. The petitioner shall meet the Station House Officer of Car Nicobar Police Station on every ten days and shall not leave the jurisdiction of Car Nicobar Police Station without specifically informing the Station House Officer of the said Police Station.

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The application being CRAN/1/2026 and the application being CRM/7/2025 stand disposed of.

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( Arindam Mukherjee, J. )

Shri. K. Mariappan v. the State

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