CRL OP(MD)/18046/2017 of R.PRABAKARAN Vs THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE on 28 December 2017

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT( Criminal Jurisdiction )

Thursday, the Twenty Eighth day of December Two Thousand Seventeen PRESENT

The Hon`ble Mr Justice S.VAIDYANATHAN

CRL OP(MD) No.18046 of 2017

R.PRABAKARAN ... PETITIONER / ACCUSED RANK NOT KNOWN

Vs

THE STATE REP.BY,THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE SOMARASAMPETTAI POLICE STATION, TRICHY DISTRICT

(CR.NO.385/2017) ... RESPONDENT / COMPLAINANT

For Petitioner : M/S.P.T.RAMESH RAJA Advocate For Respondent : MR.K.ANBARASAN Govt. Advocate ( Crl. Side)

PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C.

ORDER : The Court Made the following order :- The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicialcustody on 02.11.2017 for the offences punishable under Sections420, 468, 471 and 473 IPC in Crime No.385 of 2017 on the file of therespondent police, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner incollusion with other accused is said to have created fake documentsby affixing seal in the Government document and submitted the samebefore the Somarasampettai Co-operative Society for loan, whichresulted in registration of the present case.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submittedthat the petitioner, who has been falsely implicated in this case,is in jail since 02.11.2017 and is entitled to statutory bail inanother 10 days' time. Therefore, he prays for bail and he is readyto abide by any conditions being imposed by this Court.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) has stronglyobjected to the grant of bail, contending that the investigation ofthe case is not over and if the petitioner/accused is let out onbail, there is every possibility of the accused tampering thewitnesses/evidences and hampering the investigation.

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5. Taking into consideration the serious nature of theallegations levelled against this petitioner and the fact that a long incarceration is not a valid ground for the grant of bail, thisCourt is not inclined to grant the relief as prayed for by thepetitioner.

6. In the result, this Criminal Original Petition standsdismissed accordingly. sd/- 28/12/2017

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Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai - 625 023.

TO

1 THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE,

SOMARASAMPETTAI POLICE STATION, TRICHY DISTRICT.

2 THE SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL PRISON, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI.

3 THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,

MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI.