Sarath @ Sarath Kumar v. the Deputy Superintendent of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Same-day bail consideration direction notwithstanding Section 18 SC/ST (POA) Act bar; Section 15-A victims' due opportunity safeguard; Section 528 BNSS direction petition; Crime No.1 of 2026, DSP Uthiramerur Range, Kanchipuram District; Special Court under SC/ST Act at Kanchipuram (Principal District and Sessions Court); surrender within fifteen days; petitioners Sarath @ Sarath Kumar and V. Sundaresan; respondent Mr. Sambath; counsel K.G. Senthil Kumar; Government Advocate S. Santhosh.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Special Court under SC/ST Act at Kanchipuram District (Principal District and Sessions Court, Kanchipuram) to consider the first petitioner's bail application, preferably on the same day of his surrender, in Crime No.1 of 2026 on the file of the first respondent Police, and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after affording due opportunity to the victims under Section 15-A of the SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989; the first petitioner to surrender before the jurisdictional Court within fifteen days from receipt of a copy of the order. The petition stood dismissed as not pressed with respect to the second petitioner.