Raja v. State Rep by

Crl.O.P.No.23858 of 2023

Crl.O.P.No.23858 of 2023

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J.

The petitioners/A1,A2&A4, who apprehend arrest at the hands

of the respondent police for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 294(b), 363, 323, 324, 387 and 506(ii) of I.P.C, in Crime No.285 of 2023 on the file of the respondent police, seek anticipatory bail.

2.The case of the prosecution is that the de-facto compliant leased out his 5 acres of land to first petitioner herein and he cultivated plantain and watermelon fruits. The de-facto complainant instructed him to stop watermelon cultivation and to continue plantain cultivation alone, since several pesticides were used in watermelon which tend to spoil the quality of soil. It is further stated that the accused persons had joined together and had extracted the de-facto complainant's signature in blank papers. Hence the case.

1. The de-facto complainant had also filed an application

seeking permission to intervene in the matter. Permission is granted.

1. The learned Counsel for the petitioner would submit that the

petitioners are innocent persons and they have been falsely implicated in this case. He however very seriously objects to the statement that blank