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Chakkaravarthi v. The state rep.by, The Inspector of Police

Madras HC17 Dec 2025CRL OP/34470/2025

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What is this about?

Anticipatory bail denied; repeat/second bail application after dismissal of earlier petition; same grounds, no change in circumstances; Section 483 BNSS 2023; Sections 305(e) and 326(a) BNS 2023; Cr.No.257 of 2025; earlier dismissal Crl.OP.No.29488 of 2025 (order dated 30.10.2025); illegal sand quarrying; Puthagaram Lake; transport without valid licence; lorry TN-86-R-4615; vehicle seizure; Kandhili Police Station, Thirupathur District; Chakkaravarthi v. State; High Court of Madras; K. Rajasekar J.; decision date 17.12.2025; Criminal Original Petition dismissed.

What did the court decide?

After the dismissal of the earlier petition, the petitioner filed the present petition on the very same grounds raised therein, and there was no change in circumstances following that dismissal. ¶23

Chakkaravarthi Vs The state rep.by, The Inspector of Police — Bail and Remand | Madras HC (2025)

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Crl.OP.No.34470 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 17.12.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR

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Crl.O.P.No.34470 of 2025

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Chakkaravarthi ... Petitioner Vs. State Rep by The Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station, Thirupathur District. ... Respondent Cr.No.257 0f 2025.

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PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest, in Cr.No.257 of 2025 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Kandhili Police Station, Thirupathur District

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For Petitioner : Mr.C.D.Sugumar

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For Respondent : Ms.J.R.Archana Government Advocate (Crl. Side) O R D E R

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The petitioner, who apprehends arrest for the alleged offence under

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Section 305(e) and 326(a) of BNS 2023 in Cr.No.257 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

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The allegation against the petitioner is that on 28.09.2025 at about

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03.00p.m., the petitioner joining with other accused had quarried one unit sand from Puthagaram Lake and had transported by using lorry bearing Registration No.TN-86-R-4615 without any valid licence from the Government of Tamilnadu. The respondent police seized the vehicle. Hence, the case.

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3. Earlier, this Court after considering the various points, dismissed

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the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner vide order dated 30.10.2025 in Crl.OP.No.29488 of 2025. The relevant portion of the order reads as follows:

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“ Considering the fact that the petitioner had

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quarried the sand from lake and the same was transported illegally; that the petitioner has one previous case similar in nature; if the anticipatory bail grant to the petitioner he would in similar type of activities and he damaged the ecology and water body, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner”.

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4. Subsequent to the dismissal of the above petition, the petitioner has

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filed the present petition on the very same grounds that were raised in the earlier bail petition. Further, there is no change in circumstances after the

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dismissal of earlier petition. Hence, this Court is not inclined to reconsider

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once again the merits of the claim made in the earlier bail petition.

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5. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.