Madras High Court
WP Crl.(MD)/2720/2025 of Meenal Vs The State of Tamilnadu, on 19 December 2025
of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.12.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY W.P.Crl.(MD) No.2720 of 2025 Meenal ... Petitioner -vs- 1. The State of Tamilnadu, rep. by its Principal Secretary to
W.P.Crl.(MD) No.2720 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 19.12.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN
and
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY
W.P.Crl.(MD) No.2720 of 2025
Meenal
... Petitioner
-vs-
1.The State of Tamilnadu,
rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise (Prison - IV) Department Fort St. George Chennai - 600 009.
2.The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Tamil Nadu Prisons Headquarters Whannels Road Egmore Chennai - 600 008.
3.The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Trichy Range Race Course Road Trichy - 620 023.
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4.The Superintendent of Prison
Central Prison
Trichy - 620 020.
5.The Inspector of Police
Viralimalai Police Station
Pudukkottai District.
..Respondents
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the Impugned order passed by the 3rd respondent vide his proceedings in No.RO- TRY/407/2025-CA, dated 14.09.2025, consequently grant 21 days ordinary leave without police escort to the petitioner's husband Murugappan, S/o.Chinnakannu, life convict, PID No.276724, Central Prison, Trichy- 620 020 by considering the representation dated 30.06.2025.
For Petitioner
:
Mr.C.Karthikeyan
For Respondents
:
Mr.T.Senthil Kumar
Additional Public Prosecutor
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[Order of the Court was made by G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.] The prayer in the petition is to quash the impugned order passed by the third respondent vide proceedings in RO-TRY/407/2025-CA, dated 14.09.2025
W.P.Crl.(MD) No.2720 of 2025 and consequently grant 21 days ordinary leave without police escort to the petitioner's husband Murugappan, S/o.Chinnakannu, life convict, PID No. 276724, Central Prison, Trichy- 620 020 by considering the representation dated 30.06.2025.
2. It is the case of the petitioner that her husband was convicted by the learned Mahila Judge, Pudukottai in S.C.No.30 of 2020 dated 02.08.2021 for the offence under Sections 5(m) and 6(1) of POCSO Act and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. Further the convict has also preferred appeal before this Court in Crl.A(MD) No.371 of 2021 and the same was dismissed by this Court on 04.03.2025. The petitioner, who is the husband of the convict, submitted an application seeking ordinary leave for a period of 21 days. After considering the request made by the petitioner, the third respondent granted ordinary leave to the petitioner's husband with escort.. The petitioner is being a poor family, he could not afford cost for the escorts.
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3. In view of the above, the condition imposed in the order dated 14.09.2025 directing the petitioner's husband to go on ordinary leave with escort is modified and he shall go on ordinary leave without escort. However, the petitioner's husband is directed to comply with the usual conditions imposed by the jail authorities and he should also report before the fifth respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m., and 05.30 p.m. He shall duly comply with the conditions and return to the prison on expiry of the leave period. It is made clear that the convict prisoner shall not visit the area of the victim.
4. Accordingly, the order of the third respondent dated 14..09.2025 is quashed in sofar as the ordering escort alone and the Writ Petition is disposed of.
[G.K.I., J.] [K.R., J.]
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W.P.Crl.(MD) No.2720 of 2025 To:
1. The Principal Secretary to Government The State of Tamilnadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise (Prison - IV) Department Fort St. George Chennai - 600 009.
2. The Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Tamil Nadu Prisons Headquarters Whannels Road Egmore Chennai - 600 008.
3. The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Trichy Range Race Course Road Trichy - 620 023.
4. The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Trichy - 620 020.
5. The Inspector of Police Viralimalai Police Station Pudukkottai District.
6. The Additional Public Prosecutor Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
W.P.Crl.(MD) No.2720 of 2025 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN
, J.
and KRISHNAN RAMASAMY
, J.
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