Chinnadurai v. The State Rep by The Deputy Superintendent of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Surrender cum same-day bail application; direction under section 528 BNSS; advance notice of surrender to prosecution and de facto complainant; police to independently intimate surrender and bail hearing date/Court; bail on own merits and in accordance with law; offences under Sections 126(2), 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), 351(2) BNS r/w 3(1)(s), 3(1)(r), 3(2)(va) SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015; Crime No.339 of 2026, Sakarapuram/Sankarapuram Police Station, Kallakurichi; Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kallakurichi; Madras High Court; CRL OP.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Original Petition ordered: the petitioner may surrender in Crime No.339 of 2026 and have his bail application considered on its own merits and in accordance with law on the same day, subject to (i) advance notice of the surrender/bail application to the prosecution and the de-facto complainant intimating the proposed date of surrender, (ii) the respondent police independently informing the de-facto complainant of the surrender and the bail-petition hearing including date and Court.