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Prem @ Premkumar v. State Rep.by, The Station House Officer

Madras HC4 Mar 2026CRL MP/4104/2026

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What is this about?

Prem @ Premkumar; State rep. by Station House Officer, Mudaliarpet Police Station, Puducherry; Crime No.185 of 2021; S.C.No.58 of 2022; III Additional Sessions Judge Puducherry; Crl.MP.No.4104 of 2026; Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024; Crl.M.P.No.1392 of 2025; Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024; Section 528 BNSS; bail condition modification; relaxation of trial court appearance condition; quarterly appearance first working day every third month; Madras High Court; A.D. Jagadish Chandira; 04.03.2026.

What did the court decide?

The trial-court appearance condition was relaxed: the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on the first working day of every third month of the English calendar, commencing from April 2026 at 10.30 a.m., until further orders; all other conditions remain unaltered. ¶25

Prem @ Premkumar Vs State Rep.by, The Station House Officer — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the condition imposed on the petitioner requiring appearance before the Trial Court (Para No.3 of the order dated 30.01.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.1392 of 2025) could be further modified/relaxed.

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Court's answer

The Court acceded to the petitioner's prayer and modified the trial-court appearance condition (originally imposed in Para No.10(iv) of the order dated 27.11.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024, as modified on 30.01.2025) to the effect that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on the first working day of every third month of the English calendar, commencing from April 2026 at 10.30 a.m., until further orders.

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Ratio / Principle

All other conditions of the bail orders remain unaltered.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (A.D. Jagadish Chandira, J.), by order dated 04.03.2026, allowed Crl.MP.No.4104 of 2026 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024 filed by Prem @ Premkumar under Section 528 of BNSS against the State rep. by the Station House Officer, Mudaliarpet Police Station, Puducherry (Crime No.185 of 2021). The petitioner, already on bail subject to conditions (Para No.10(iv) of order dated 27.11.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024, modified on 30.01.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.1392 of 2025 to require monthly appearance before the Trial Court), sought further relaxation of that appearance condition. The Court modified the condition to require appearance before the trial court only on the first working day of every third month of the English calendar, commencing from April 2026, at 10.30 a.m., until further orders; all other conditions remain unaltered. The underlying case is S.C.No.58 of 2022 before the III Additional Sessions Judge, Puducherry.

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Crl.MP.No.4104 of 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 04.03.2026

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CORAM:

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THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA

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Crl.MP.No.4104 of 2026 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024

Prem @ Premkumar

...Petitioner

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State rep. by, The Station House Officer, Mudaliarpet Police Station, Puducherry. Crime No.185 of 2021.

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...Respondent

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Criminal miscellaneous petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, seeking to relax the condition imposed on the petitioner in Para No.3 that “Considering the submission made by the learned Government Advocate that the petitioner is complying with the conditions regularly, the order dated 27.11.2024 made in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024 is modified to the effect that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court once in a month on the first working day at 10.30 am until further orders and the condition to appear before the respondent police is totally relaxed and the petitioner shall appear before the respondent police as and when required for interrogation. All other conditions remain unaltered” in order granted to the petitioner on 30.01.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.1392 of 2025 in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1150

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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Crl.MP.No.4104 of 2026 of 2024 in S.C.No.58 of 2022 on the file of the Court of the III Additional Sessions Judge at Puducherry in Crime No.185 of 2021.

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For Petitioner : Mr.Thamarai Selvan For Respondent : Mr.M.V.Ramachandra Murthy, Public Prosecutor (Puducherry)

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ORDER

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Vide order dated 30.01.2025 made in Crl.M.P.No.1392 of 2025 in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024, this Court had modified the condition imposed by this Court in Para No.10(iv) of the order dated 27.11.2024 made in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024 while granting bail to the petitioner. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking further modification of the condition imposed in Para No.3 of the said order dated 30.01.2025, pertaining to the appearance of the petitioner before the Trial Court.

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Heard the learned counsel on either side and perused the materials on record.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the submissions made by the learned counsel on either side, this Court is of the considered view that the prayer as sought by the

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petitioner could be acceded to.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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Crl.MP.No.4104 of 2026

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Accordingly, this criminal miscellaneous petition stands ordered and the condition insofar as appearance as imposed by this Court in Para No.10(iv) of the order dated 27.11.2024 made in Crl.M.P.No.12843 of 2024 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024, which was subsequently modified, vide order dated 30.01.2025 made in Crl.M.P.No.1392 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.1150 of 2024 alone stands modified to the effect that the petitioner shall appear before the trial court on the first working day of every third month of the English calendar, commencing from April 2026 at 10.30 am., until further orders. All other conditions remain unaltered.

04.03.2026

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