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Premkumar v. The State of Tamil Nadu

Madras HC14 Aug 2025CRL RC(MD)/1049/2025

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What is this about?

Return of seized vehicle; interim custody conditions modified; bond Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties; Crime No.415 of 2024; R.P.R.No.371 of 2024; Crl.M.P.No.773 of 2025; Crl.R.C.(MD)No.1049 of 2025; Sections 279, 336 IPC; Sections 177, 184 MV Act; Sections 438, 442, 497 B.N.S.S.; Judicial Magistrate No.VI Madurai; Anna Nagar Police Station; Justice L. Victoria Gowri; decided 14.08.2025; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; criminal revision allowed.

What did the court decide?

Modification of condition no.(i) of the order dated 22.04.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.773 of 2025: petitioner to execute a bond for Rs.50,000/- for himself with two solvent sureties for like sum. ¶22

Premkumar Vs The State of Tamil Nadu — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Crl.R.C.(MD)No.1049 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED: 14.08.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

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Crl.R.C.(MD)No.1049 of 2025

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Premkumar ... Petitioner/Petitioner Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by The Inspector of Police, Anna Nagar Police Station, Madurai City. (Crime No.415 of 2024) ... Respondent/Respondent

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PRAYER : Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 438 r/w 442 B.N.S.S., to set aside the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.773 of 2025 on the file of the Learned Judicial Magistrate No. VI, Madurai dated 22.04.2025.

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For Petitioner : Mr.S.Poornachandran For Respondent : Mr.M.Sakthikumar Government Advocate(Crl.Side)

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ORDER

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The Criminal Revision is directed against the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.773 of 2025 in Crime No.415 of 2024 dated 22.04.2025 on

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the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.VI, Madurai, allowing the petition filed under Section 497 of B.N.S.S on certain conditions.

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The petitioner claims to be the owner of the Auto bearing Registration No.TN 59 AQ 4920. The respondent police has registered a case in Crime No.415 of 2024 for the offences under Sections 279, 336 of IPC and 177, 184 of MV Act and seized the above said vehicle for driving the Auto in a dangerous way and the same was produced before the concerned Court and the same came to be remanded in R.P.R.No.371 of 2024 and the same is under the custody of the respondent police.

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It is not in dispute that the petitioner has approached the learned Judicial Magistrate No.VI, Madurai, for returning of the said vehicle in Crl.M.P.No.773 of 2025 and the learned Judicial Magistrate, vide order dated 22.04.2025, has allowed the petition on certain conditions. Challenging the same, the petitioner has now come forward with the present revision.

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Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent.

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Considering the request of the petitioner, condition no.(i) of the impugned order, dated 22.04.2025 is modified to the extent that the petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.50,000/- for himself with two solvent sureties for like sum.

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