CRL OP(MD). No.16097 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date :23.09.2025 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY CRL OP(MD)No.16097 of 2025 S.Balamurugan ... Petitioner/ Sole Accused Vs The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Nillakottai Police Station (Crime No.2 of 2025) ... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.K.Prabakaran For Respondent : Mr.E.Antony Sahaya Prabahar Additional Public Prosecutor PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.482 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Cr.No.2 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police. 1/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.16097 of 2025 ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner/Accused, who apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Sections 11(1), 11(4), 12 of of Protection of Child from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, 2012 and 296(b) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act, 2023 in Crime No.2 of 2025, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 17.02.2025 at about 8.00 a.m., the petitioner followed the defacto complainant and made inappropriate gestures towards her. Later, at about 5.45 p.m., when the defacto complainant was waiting for a bus at Arappalayam Bus Stand, the petitioner told her that he loved her and demanded her to marry him. Hence, the complaint. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. Hence, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 2/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.16097 of 2025 4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent police submitted that the petitioner is a married man with two children. He followed the defacto complainant and made gestures towards her, and later, at about 5.45 p.m. at Arappalayam Bus Stand, told her that he loved her and asked her to marry him. It is further submitted that ten previous cases are pending against the petitioner. Therefore, he opposed the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. Considering the bad antecedents of the petitioner and also considering the statement recorded under Section 164 of Cr.P.C, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. (S S Y J) 23.09.2025 jbr 3/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.16097 of 2025 To 1. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Nillakottai Police Station 2. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 4/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.16097 of 2025 S.SRIMATHY,J. jbr ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.16097 of 2025 Date :23.09.2025 5/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis