Ramesh Vs The State of Tamilnadu — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ramesh Vs The State of Tamilnadu — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Modification of the condition imposed on 01.07.2025 while suspending sentence: the petitioner shall stay at Madurai and report daily at 10.30 a.m. before the Inspector of Police, Othakadi Police Station, Madurai, until further orders, instead of staying at Chennai and reporting at Flower Bazaar Police Station, Chennai; the petitioner shall not enter the jurisdictional limit of the respondent police; all other conditions imposed by this Court remain unaltered.

Issue for consideration

Whether the condition imposed by this Court on 01.07.2025 while suspending sentence — requiring the petitioner/appellant to stay at Chennai and report daily at 10.30 a.m. before the Inspector of Police, Flower Bazaar Police Station, Chennai — should be modified, given that the petitioner is a resident of Kanyakumari District and is financially unable to sustain himself at Chennai.

Court's answer

The condition imposed by this Court on 01.07.2025 is modified: the petitioner shall stay at Madurai and report before the Inspector of Police, Othakadi Police Station, Madurai, daily at 10.30 a.m., until further orders (in place of stay at Chennai and daily reporting at Flower Bazaar Police Station, Chennai).

Ratio / Principle

It is made clear that the petitioner shall not enter into the jurisdictional limit of the respondent police, and the other conditions imposed by this Court, if any, shall remain unaltered.

Key takeaways

In view of the modification, the petition is allowed.ratio¶40

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court, Madurai Bench (A.D. Jagadish Chandira, J.) allowed a petition under Section 528 BNSS in CRL MP(MD) No.10630 of 2025 in CRL.A.(MD) No.677 of 2024 seeking modification of a condition imposed on 01.07.2025 while suspending sentence (Crime No.271/2016, Vadasery Police Station, Kanyakumari District). Finding that the petitioner, a resident of Kanyakumari District, was financially unable to stay at Chennai and report daily at 10.30 a.m. before the Inspector of Police, Flower Bazaar Police Station, Chennai, the Court modified the condition: the petitioner shall instead stay at Madurai and report daily at 10.30 a.m. before the Inspector of Police, Othakadi Police Station, Madurai, until further orders. The Court clarified that the petitioner shall not enter the jurisdictional limits of the respondent police and that all other conditions imposed earlier shall remain unaltered.