Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 24.11.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 Murugan ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.32004 of 2025 Shanthi ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.32005 of 2025 Vs. The State represented by, The Inspector of Police, Gudiyatham Taluk Police Station, Vellore District. (Crime No.248 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.248 of 2025 pending on the file of the respondent Police. For Petitioners : Mr.C.Deepakkumar For Respondent : Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side) O R D E R 1/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 The petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.32004 of 2025, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 09.10.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 194 BNSS @ 105, 238 @ 105, 238 of BNS and Sections 135(1)(a) IE Act read with Sections 25(1)(a) of Arms Act in Crime No.248 of 2025, registered on the file of the respondent, seeks bail. The petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.32005 of 2025, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 05.10.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 194 BNSS @ 105, 238 @ 105, 238 of BNS in Crime No.248 of 2025, registered on the file of the respondent, seeks bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioners are A1 and A2 and they had installed electric fence around his agricultural land by illegally drawing electricity. The deceased, who was a neighbour, unknowingly came into contact with the electrified fence while going to the agricultural land was electrocuted. Immediately, thereafter petitioners along with other accused 2/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 took the body and dumped it in a nearby place, thereby committing the offence of screening the evidence of the crime. Hence, the case. petitioners along with the other accused took the body and dumped it in a nearby place, 4. This Court earlier dismissed the petitioner’s bail petition on the ground that the investigation is pending. Now, it is stated by the learned Government (Crl. Side) that the major part of the investigation is over. Hence, considering the long period of incarceration, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners with certain conditions: 5. Accordingly, the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail on their executing a bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties, each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Gudiyatham and on further conditions that: [a] the sureties shall affix their photographs and Left Thumb Impression in the Application for Surety ship [Judicial Form No.46 annexed to 'The Criminal Rules of 3/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 Practice, 2019']. The learned Magistrate shall obtain a copy of any one of the identity proofs to ensure their identity; [b] the petitioners shall appear before the respondent police daily at 10.30.a.m., for a period of three weeks and thereafter as and when required for interrogation; [c] the petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation by a Police Officer as and when required; [d] the petitioners shall not directly or indirectly cause any threat to the de facto complainant and witnesses; [e] the petitioners to give an undertaking that if required for being identified by witnesses during investigation or for police custody beyond the first fifteen days, he shall comply to the directions as may be given by the Court in this regard; 4/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 [f] On breach of any of the aforementioned conditions, the learned Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to pass appropriate orders against the petitioners in accordance with law as if the aforementioned conditions have been imposed and the petitioner released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005)13 SCC 283]; [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 of B.N.S. 24.11.2025 sma Note : 1. Registry is directed to forthwith upload this order in the Official Website of this Court. 2. All concerned to act on this order being uploaded in Official Website of this Court without insisting on certified hard copies. To be noted, this order when uploaded in the official website of this Court will be watermarked and will also have a QR 5/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 code. To 211Judicial Magistrate, Gudiyatham 2. The Inspector of Police, Gudiyatham Taluk Police Station, Vellore District. 3.The Central Prison, Vellore. 4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. 6/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 K.RAJASEKAR, J. sma Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 7/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.Nos.32004 & 32005 of 2025 24.11.2025 8/8 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis