Udhayakumar @ Uthaya v. The Deputy Superintendent of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
S.528 BNSS 2023; same-day consideration of bail application upon surrender; anticipatory-direction petition by Accused No.5; Crime No.169 of 2026; Patti Veeranpatti Police Station; Nillakottai Circle; Dindigul District; PCR Court / Special Court for SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Cases, Trichy; defacto complainant to be heard; surrender deadline 22.07.2026; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; R.Vijayakumar, J.; petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the I Additional District Court and Special Court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Cases (PCR Court), Trichy to consider the petitioner's bail application on the same day of surrender in Crime No.169 of 2026, after giving due opportunity to the defacto complainant; petitioner permitted to surrender on or before 22.07.2026. The court directed only consideration of the bail application, not its grant.