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Thiruvanantha Perumal v. The State of Tamil Nadu

Madras HC10 Jun 2025CRL RC(MD)/631/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Return of property; vehicle confiscation; explosives transported in vehicle; blasting rocks without permission; owner of vehicle as A-10; Crime No.40 of 2025 Jayamangalam Police Station; confiscation proceedings Crl.M.P.No.972 of 2025 before Sessions Judge, Periyakulam; Section 438 r/w 442 BNSS; Criminal Revision dismissed with liberty to contest before Sessions Court; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; L. Victoria Gowri, J.; decision dated 10.06.2025.

What did the court decide?

Liberty granted to the petitioner to contest the case before the learned Sessions Judge's Court at Periyakulam; no costs. ¶27

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

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CRL RC(MD)No.631 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 10.06.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

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Thiruvanantha Perumal ... Petitioner / Petitioner / Owner of the Vehicle

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Vs.

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The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Jayamangalam Police Station, Theni District. (Crime No.40 of 2025) ... Respondent / Respondent / Complainant

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PRAYER: Criminal Revision Petition is filed under Section 438 r/w 442 of BNSS, to call for the records relating to set aside the order passed in Cr.M.P.No.849 of 2025 on the file of the Learned Judicial Magistrate, Periyakulam, Theni District, dated 29.04.2025 in Crime No.40 of 2025 on the file of the Respondent Police.

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For Petitioner : M/s.S.Prabha For R-1 : Mr.S.Ravi, Additional Public Prosecutor

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ORDER

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This Criminal Revision Petition is filed to call for the records

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relating to set aside the order passed in Cr.M.P.No.849 of 2025 on the

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file of the Learned Judicial Magistrate, Periyakulam, Theni District, dated 29.04.2025 in Crime No.40 of 2025 on the file of the Respondent Police.

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When the matter was taken up for admission, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor Mr.S.Ravi submitted that it is a case where the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle involved as well as who is implicated as A-10 in crime No.40 of 2025 on the file of the Jayamangalam Police Station.

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That apart, he categorically submitted that the vehicle involved had been used by the accused for the purpose of transporting explosives to the private Patta land wherein the said explosives were utilized for blasting rocks without getting appropriate permission from the concerned authorities.

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Considering the nature of the offence, the Village

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Administrative Officer had lodged a complaint against the offenders before the Jayamangalam Police Station, as a result of which, crime No. 40 of 2025 came to be registered taking into account that the serious

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nature of the offense involved. The respondent police has already initiated the confiscation proceedings before the learned Sessions Judge's Court, Periyakulam, in Crl.M.P.No.972 of 2025, and it was directed to be posted on 19.06.2025.

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Under such circumstances, the question of admitting this return of property in this Criminal Revision case will not arise. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this Criminal Revision Petition is dismissed. However, the petitioner is given the liberty to contest the case before the learned Sessions Judge's Court at Periyakulam. No costs.

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NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes Sml

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