J.Ajesh v. The Deputy Superintendent of Police
Bail – same-day consideration – Criminal Original Petition under Section 528 of BNSS
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, CRL OP No. 17656 of 2026, decided 09-07-2026 by D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, J. Direction under Section 528 of BNSS for same-day consideration of bail application upon surrender in Crime No.88 of 2026 (Thittakudi Police Station, Cuddalore District), an SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 case invoking Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) along with BNS Sections 191(2), 296(b), 115(2), 351(2). Keywords: same-day bail; surrender petition advance notice; notice to de facto complainant; police intimation of surrender and hearing; PCR Court Cuddalore; Special Judge.
What did the court decide?
The Criminal Original Petition was ordered: the Special Judge for PCR Court, Cuddalore is to consider the petitioners' bail application on the same day, subject to (i) advance notice of the surrender petition/bail application by the petitioners on the prosecution and the de facto complainant intimating the proposed date of surrender, (ii) independent intimation by the respondent police to the de facto complainant of the surrender and hearing, including date and Court, and (iii) consideration of the bail application on its own merits and in accordance with law on the same day of surrender, with due notice to the de facto complainant.