Prakash v. The State of Tamilnadu, Rep.,By the Deputy Superintendent of Police,,Keelakarai,Ramanathapuram District.2. State
Case at a glance
Outcome
Disposed of
Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 66. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of. 30.01.2026NCC : yes / noIndex :yes / noInternet : yes / nopnn3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.1731 of 2026 L. VICTORIA GOWRI,JpnnTo1.The District Judge (Special Court for SC/ST (POA) Act), Ramanathapuram.2. The Deputy Superintendent of Police,,Keelakarai, Ramanathapuram…
Judgment
CRL OP(MD). No.1731 of 2026BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 30/01/2026CORAMTHE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE L. VICTORIA GOWRICRL OP(MD). No.1731 of 2026 Prakash ... PetitionerVs1. The State of Tamilnadu, Rep.,By the Deputy Superintendent of Police,,Keelakarai, Ramanathapuram District.
State of Tamilnadu Rep by Inspector of Police, Thirupullani Police Station, Ramanathapuram District. (Cr.No. 137/2025).
Jeyasuriya,S/o.Rajendran, Vallimadan Valasai, Kuthakottai Post, Ramanathapuram District. ... RespondentsPRAYER :- To direct the District court (Special Court for SC/ST (POA) Act), Ramanathapuram, to accept the surrender of the petitioner and consider the bail application on merits on the date of surrender in Cr. No. 137/2025 on the file of the 2nd respondent police. 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.1731 of 2026 For Petitioner : Mr. L.Prabakaran, Advocate. For Respondents : Mr.M.Sakthi Kumar Government Advocate (Crl. Side)ORDERThis Criminal Original Petition is filed to direct the District court (Special Court for SC/ST (POA) Act), Ramanathapuram, to accept the surrender of the petitioner and consider the bail application on merits on the date of surrender in Cr. No. 137/2025 on the file of the 2nd respondent police. 2. Considering the nature of the relief sought for, notice to the 3rd respondent is dispensed with.3. The case of the prosecution is that when the defacto complainant and his friends went to the cultural program at Chinnandi Valasai, the petitioner and other accused persons were alleged to have waylaid the complainant, assaulted him with hands, abused him with caste name and also threatened him with dire consequences. Based on these allegations, an FIR in Crime No.137 of 2025 has been registered against the 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.1731 of 2026petitioner on the file of the second respondent police for the offences under Sections 189(2), 296(b), 115(2) of BNSS and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of SC / ST (POA) Amendment Act, 2015.
Heard the learned counsel on either side and carefully perused the materials available on record.
Considering the limited scope of the relief sought for, this Court hereby direct the learned District court (Special Court for SC/ST (POA) Act), Ramanathapuram, to issue prior notice to the de facto complainant and thereafter to consider the bail application of the petitioner on the same day of his surrender before that Court in connection with Crime No.137 of 2025 on the file of the 2nd respondent police.
Operative part
Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of. 30.01.2026NCC : yes / noIndex :yes / noInternet : yes / nopnn3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.1731 of 2026 L. VICTORIA GOWRI,JpnnTo1.The District Judge (Special Court for SC/ST (POA) Act), Ramanathapuram.2. The Deputy Superintendent of Police,,Keelakarai, Ramanathapuram District.3. The Inspector of Police, Thirupullani Police Station, Ramanathapuram District. (Cr.No. 137/2025).4. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.1731 of 2026 Date : 30/01/20264/4
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — ss. 115(2), 189(2), 296(b).
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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