Case brief
What is this about?
Madras HC, single judge (D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, J.), Crl.O.P.No.22415 of 2025, decided 08.08.2025. Keywords: S.528 BNSS 2023 direction petition; SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 — S.18 bar on arrest/preliminary consideration and S.15A victim participation; surrender-cum-same-day bail consideration direction to Special Court for Exclusive SC/ST Act Cases, Tiruvallur; Crime No.33 of 2025, All Women Police Station, Ambattur; fifteen-day surrender window; gravity of offence and previous antecedents to be weighed by trial court; direction does not imply favourable consideration. No precedents cited; no quantum involved; petition disposed of with directions; neutral citation printed as 'no'.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Special Court for Exclusive SC/ST Act Cases, Tiruvallur, to consider the petitioner's bail application, preferably on the same day of her surrender in connection with Crime No.33 of 2025, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after affording due opportunity to the victim under Section 15A of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act; petitioner to surrender before the concerned jurisdictional Court within fifteen days.