Baskar @ Bakthavasalam v. the Inspector of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court Criminal Original Petitioner sought to set aside the condition requiring two blood relatives as sureties in a bail order. The Court modified the condition, allowing one surety to be any person and the other to be a blood relative.
What did the court decide?
Modified the bail condition to require one surety to be a blood relative and the other to be any person.
What the court decided
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED: 07.04.2017
CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH Crl.O.P.(MD) No.2379 of 2017
Baskar @ Bakthavasalam
-vs-
The Inspector of Police Thuvarankurichi Police Station, Trichy District Crime No.384/2016
... Respondent
Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., praying to set aside the condition relating to production of sureties of blood relatives for the releasing the accused on bail, passed in Cr.M.P.No.543/2017 dated 20.02.2017 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Court, Tiruchirappalli.
For Petitioner : Mr.P.Ganapathi Subramanian For Respondents : Mr.A.P.Balasubramani Government Advocate (Crl. side) *****
O R D E R
This petition has been filed to set aside the condition passed in Cr.M.P.No.543/2017 dated 20.02.2017.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the condition regarding sureties of blood relatives can be modified in the bail order.
Whether the requirement of two blood relatives as sureties should be relaxed to allow one non-relative.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Baskar @ Bakthavasalam
- respondent
The Inspector of Police Thuvarankurichi Police Station, Trichy District
Coram
P.N.Prakash
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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