Suganthi v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest / anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS 2023; Madurai Bench Madras High Court; CRL.OP(MD) No.2938 of 2025; Justice R. Sakthivel; Suganthi and Arunkumar, Accused Nos.2 and 5; Crime No.1 of 2025, City Crime Branch Trichy City; offences Sections 417, 406, 420, 506(1) IPC; cheating and job-promise fraud; Rs.42,00,000 collected, Rs.18,09,500 cash to A1, Rs.23,93,500 to petitioners' accounts, Rs.8,50,000 returned, Rs.33,50,000 outstanding; custodial interrogation held unnecessary; deep roots/permanent residence; Rs.5,00,000 deposit condition within eight weeks; Rs.50,000 bond with two sureties each; Judicial Magistrate No.I Trichy; weekly Monday reporting 10.00 a.m.; no inducement/threat/tampering; no travel abroad without permission; breach conditions per P.K. Shaji vs. State of Kerala (2005) 13 SCC 283; Judicial Form No.46 Criminal Rules of Practice 2019.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail granted to both petitioners subject to ten conditions: release on arrest or on surrender before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Trichy within 15 days of the order copy being made ready, on executing a bond of Rs.50,000/- each with two sureties each for a like sum; sureties to affix photographs and left thumb impression on Judicial Form No.46 with identity proof; deposit of Rs.5,00,000/- to the credit of Crime No.1 of 2025 before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Trichy within eight weeks, to be placed in a nationalised bank initially for one year and renewed periodically until the final order/judgment; appearance and signing before the respondent-police every Monday at 10.00 a.m.; availability for interrogation as and when required; no inducement, threat or promise to dissuade disclosure of facts; no threat to the defacto complainant and witnesses and no tampering with evidence; no departure from India without previous permission of the Court; furnishing of residential address and mobile number to the concerned Magistrate; and on breach of any condition, the learned Judicial Magistrate or Trial Court entitled to pass appropriate orders as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K. Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005) 13 SCC 283].