Crl.O.P.No.15181 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 11.11.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Crl.O.P.No.15181 of 2025 Sethuramachandran ...... Petitioner/A3 Vs. The State represented by The Inspector of Police, PEW Pallikaranai Unit, Chennai – 600 078. (Crime No.11 of 2025) ... Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on bail in Crime No.11 of 2025 pending on the file of the respondent Police. For Petitioner : M/s.P.Pugalenthi For Respondent : Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side) O R D E R The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 10.09.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) read with Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) & 29(1) of NDPS Act in Crime No.11 of 2025, registered on the file of the respondent, seeks bail. 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.15181 of 2025 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner by using the car had transported 158.50kgs of banned tobacco produccts from Kerala to Tamil Nadu. Hence, the case. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that, petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Hence, he prays for grant of bail to the petitioner. 4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) reitereated the prosecution case and submitted that quantity of contraband has been seized from the petitoner and the investigation is at preliminary stage. Hence, opposed for grant of bail to the petitioner. 5. Considering the fact that huge quantity of contraband has been seized from the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the eptitioner. 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.15181 of 2025 6. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 11.11.2025 sma To 1.The Inspector of Police, PEW Pallikaranai Unit, Chennai – 600 078. 2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.15181 of 2025 K.RAJASEKAR, J. sma Crl.O.P.No.15181 of 2025 11.11.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis