Rajesh v. The State Rep by, The Inspector of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court single-judge order (G.K. Ilanthiraiyan J., 04.07.2025) dismissing Crl.MP 13167/2025 filed under Section 528 BNSS within pending criminal revision Crl.RC.No.984 of 2025. Petitioner Rajesh, convicted under Section 326 IPC in CC.No.283 of 2015 (Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Mayiladuthurai; two years rigorous imprisonment plus Rs.2,000 fine) with conviction confirmed by District Judge, Mayiladuthurai in Crl.A.No.2 of 2022 (order dated 06.09.2024), sought suspension of sentence/exemption from surrender pending revision on grounds of arguable points. Petition rejected because petitioner had not surrendered before the trial court; useful example of courts declining sentence-suspension requests absent prior surrender.
What did the court decide?
This Court was not inclined to entertain the exemption-from-surrender petition at this stage, since the petitioner had not surrendered before the trial court so far.