Balamurugan v. State Rep by
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted under S.482 BNSS, Madras High Court, Crl.O.P.No.2152 of 2025, K. Rajasekar J., dated 18.12.2025; petitioners Balamurugan and Smithamol apprehending arrest under Ss.120B, 420, 506(2) IPC in Crime No.41 of 2025 (prayer: Cr.No.42 of 2024), City Crime Branch, Salem City; grant premised on settlement reached in court-referred mediation; release within 15 days before Judicial Magistrate, Salem; bond Rs.20,000 each with two sureties each; daily reporting at 10.30 a.m. for two weeks; breach consequences per P.K.Shaji v. State of Kerala, (2005) AIR SCW 5560; fresh FIR under S.269 BNS on absconding.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on appearance within fifteen (15) days before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Salem, on separate bonds of Rs.20,000/- each with two sureties each for a like sum, subject to conditions including daily reporting for two weeks, automatic cancellation on failure to surrender in time, breach consequences per P.K.Shaji v. State of Kerala, and exposure to a fresh FIR under Section 269 BNS on absconding.