Mangaraju Vs The State Rep by, The Assistant Commissioner of Police — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Mangaraju Vs The State Rep by, The Assistant Commissioner of Police — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Relaxation of the bail appearance condition granted: weekly Saturday reporting before the respondent police dispensed with; petitioner to appear before the trial Court on the first working day of every month at 10.30 a.m. until further orders; remaining conditions of the order dated 12.11.2025 unchanged.

Issue for consideration

Whether the condition requiring the petitioner to appear before the respondent police on every Saturday at 10.30 a.m. should be relaxed. +1 more

Court's answer

In consequence of the modification of the appearance condition as a whole, the requirement that the petitioner report to the respondent police every Saturday is dispensed with; the modified condition requires appearance before the trial Court alone.

Ratio / Principle

The appearance condition imposed at para no.7(iii) of the order dated 12.11.2025 in Crl.MP.No.19035 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.1575 of 2025 is modified to the effect that the petitioner shall appear before the trial Court on the first working day of every month at 10.30 a.m., until further orders.

Key takeaways

All other conditions imposed in the order dated 12.11.2025 remain unaltered.ratio¶¶25

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allowed (High Court of Madras, A.D. Jagadish Chandira J., 24-04-2026): CRL MP No.7422 of 2026 in Crl.A.No.1575 of 2025, filed under Section 389(1) Cr.P.C. by Mangaraju (Crime No.9 of 2022, P.S. H-1 Washermenpet, Chennai; trial pending before the Special Judge, I Additional Special Court for Exclusive Trial of NDPS Act Cases, Chennai), seeking relaxation of the bail conditions fixed by order dated 12.11.2025 in Crl.MP.No.19035 of 2025 (whereby his substantive sentence had been suspended and he was enlarged on bail). With the State conceding that the petitioner had complied without default, the Court modified the appearance condition (para 7(iii)): the petitioner is now required to appear before the trial Court alone, on the first working day of every month at 10.30 a.m., until further orders, dispensing with the weekly Saturday reporting to the respondent police; all other conditions of the 12.11.2025 order remain unaltered.

CRL MP No. 7422 of 2026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 24-04-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA CRL MP No. 7422 of 2026 in Crl.A.No.1575 of 2025

Mangaraju S/o.Dhathabhai, No.1/113, Yadha Street, Oyalpuram, Chetupalli Post, Lakshmipuram, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

..Petitioner(s)

Vs

The State Represented by, The Assistant Commissioner of Police, H-1, Washermenpet Police Station, Chennai. (Crime No.9 of 2022)

..Respondent(s)

Prayer: This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition is filed under Section 389 (1) of Cr.P.C., to relax the condition imposed on the petitioner in Crl.M.P.No. 19035/2025 in Crl.A.No. 1575/2025 dt. 12.11.2025 that he should appear before the respondent police on every Saturday at 10.30 a.m and also appear before the Trial Court on the first working day of every English Calendar month at 10.30 a.m for a period of 6 months.

For Petitioner(s): Mr.O.Chembulingam For Respondent(s): Mr.S.Udayakumar, Government Advocate (Crl. Side)

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ORDER

Vide order dated 12.11.2025 made in Crl.MP.No.19035 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.1575 of 2025, this Court had suspended the substantive sentence of imprisonment imposed on the petitioner and enlarged him on bail on certain conditions and one among such conditions is that the petitioner shall appear before the respondent police on every Saturday at 10.30 a.m. and also appear before the trial court on the first working day of every English calendar month at 10.30 a.m. for a period of 6 months. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking relaxation of the aforesaid condition.

Learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent submitted that the petitioner has been complying with the conditions imposed by this Court without any default.

In view of the above, this Court is inclined to modify the condition imposed by this Court in respect of the appearance of the petitioner in the following manner.

Accordingly, the condition insofar as the petitioner’s appearance as imposed by this Court at para no.7(iii) of the order dated 12.11.2025 made in

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CRL MP No. 7422 of 2026

Crl.MP.No.19035 of 2025 in Crl.A.No.1575 of 2025 alone stands modified to

the effect that the petitioner shall appear before the trial Court on the first working day of every month at 10.30 a.m., until further orders. All other conditions imposed in the order dated 12.11.2025 remain unaltered.

This criminal miscellaneous petition stands ordered accordingly.

24-04-2026

Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No

TSG

To

1.The Assistant Commissioner of Police, H-1, Washermenpet Police Station, Chennai. (Crime No.9 of 2022).

2.The Special Judge, I Additional Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under NDPS Act, Chennai.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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CRL MP No. 7422 of 2026

A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.

TSG

CRL MP No. 7422 of 2026 in Crl.A.No.1575 of 2025

24-04-2026

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