Rajan @ Chinnayan, v. The State of Tamil Nadu

Madras HC20 Jan 2026CRL MP(MD)/13237/2025

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What is this about?

Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; CRL.MP(MD) No.13237 of 2025 in Crl.A(MD)No.1020 of 2025; Rajan @ Chinnayan v. State of Tamil Nadu (Inspector of Police, Veerapandi Police Station, Trichy District); suspension of sentence; bail pending appeal; Section 430(1) BNSS; S.C.No.77 of 2022; Principal Sessions Judge, Theni District; dismissed on 20.01.2026; G.K. Ilanthiraiyan J.; R. Poornima J.; counsel K.Samidurai and R.Meenakshi Sundaram (Additional Public Prosecutor).

What did the court decide?

The petitioner has failed to make out a prima facie case for grant of suspension of sentence. ¶23-24

Rajan @ Chinnayan, Vs The State of Tamil Nadu — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Crl.M.P.(MD) No.13237 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 20.01.2026

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R. POORNIMA

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CRL.MP(MD) No.13237 of 2025 in Crl.A(MD)No.1020 of 2025

Rajan @ Chinnayan

....... Petitioner

Vs.

The State of Tamil Nadu, rep. by The Inspector of Police Veerapandi Police Station, Trichy District.

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...... Respondent

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Prayer : Petition filed under Section 430 (1) of BNSS to enlarge the petitioner on bail by suspending the sentence imposed in S.C.No.77 of 2022 by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Theni District, dated 28.07.2025.

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

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Crl.M.P.(MD) No.13237 of 2025

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For Petitioner : Mr.K.Samidurai For Respondent : Mr.R.Meenakshi Sundaram Additional Public Prosecutor

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O R D E R

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[Order of the Court was made by G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.]

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Seeking to suspend the sentence imposed on the petitioner by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Theni District, vide Judgment dated 28.07.2025 in S.C.No.77 of 2022, he has filed this Criminal

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Miscellaneous Petition.

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