Petitioners sought anticipatory bail claiming a possibility of settlement. The court observed that despite obtaining interim protection to approach the Social Welfare Officer, the petitioners failed to appear, thereby losing the court's inclination to grant bail.
The Criminal Original Petition for Anticipatory Bail is dismissed.
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
( Criminal Jurisdiction )
Date : 13/09/2021
PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice B.PUGALENDHI
CRL OP(MD). No.7260 of 2021
For Petitioner : Mr.Fazil for Mr.Karunakaran.K.M., Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.T.Senthilkumar, Government Advocate (Crl.Side)
PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.438 of Cr.P.C
PRAYER :-
For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No.Not Known of 2021 on the file of the respondent police.
ORDER : The Court made the following order :-
When the matter was taken up for hearing on 13.08.2021, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the matter may be referred to the Social Welfare Office for settling the issue. Considering the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, the matter was also referred to the Social Welfare Officer, Thanjavur District and interim protection was also granted.
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learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that due to illness, the petitioners were not able to appear before the Social Welfare Officer, Thanjavur District and seeks a weeks' time to report before this Court. Therefore, this Court posted the case today i.e On 13.09.2021.
3.Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Advocate would submit that the petitioners did not appear before the Social Welfare Officer, Thanjavur District.
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Date : 13/09/2021
VB/JC/SAR.IV/27.09.2021/2P/3C
3 issues framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted when petitioners failed to appear before the Social Welfare Officer after seeking interim protection.
Whether relief from anticipatory bail order should be denied due to laches in pursuing settlement.
Whether the Criminal Original Petition for anticipatory bail should be dismissed.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Pakkiyaraj
Iruthaiyaraj
Daisyy Rani
Jayakumar
The State
B. PUGALENDHI
As recorded by the court registry
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