Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 26.06.2025 CORAM : THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 Hari Rahul @ Rahul .. Petitioner Versus 1. State, Represented by, The Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore District, Coimbatore. 2. The Inspector of Police, Pollachi East Police Station, Coimbatore District, Crime No.208 of 2025. 3. Gunasekaran .. Respondents Prayer : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 to issue a direction directing the Principal District Judge (Special Judge for SC/T (POA) Act, 2015), Coimbatore district to accept the surrender of the petitioner in connection with Crime No.208 of 2025 on the file of the 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 respondent, Pollachi East Police Station, Coimbatore district, on the file of the respondent to consider the bail petition filed by the petitioner on the same day in accordance with law. For Petitioner : Mr.S.Arulselvan For Respondent : Mr.S.Vinoth Kumar, Government Advocate (Crl. Side), for RR-1 and 2 ORDER This petition is filed for a direction to the learned Principal District Judge (Special Judge for SC/ST (POA) Act, 2015), Coimbatore district to accept the surrender of the petitioner in connection with Crime No.208 of 2025 on the file of the respondent, Pollachi East Police Station, Coimbatore district, to consider the bail petition filed by the petitioner on the same day in accordance with law. 2. In view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the Scheduled 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and also taking into consideration of the possibility of misusing the pious intention of the Parliament against innocent persons, there shall be a direction to the learned Principal District Judge (Special Judge for SC/ST (POA) Act, 2015), Coimbatore district, to consider the petitioner's bail application, preferably on the same day of his surrender in connection with Crime No.208 of 2025 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, after affording due opportunity to the victim under Section 15A of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The petitioner shall surrender before the concerned jurisdictional Court within a period of fifteen days from the date of the receipt of a copy of this order. 3. It is needless to say that the Court below, while disposing the bail petition, shall look into the gravity of the offence, previous antecedents of the petitioner and pass orders. Mere direction issued by this Court to consider the bail petition on the same day does not amount to consider it 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 favourably. 4. With the above direction, the Criminal Original Petition stands disposed of. 26.06.2025 Neutral Citation : yes/no grs To 1. The Principal District Judge (Special Judge for SC/T (POA) Act, 2015), Coimbatore district. 2. The Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore District, Coimbatore. 3. The Inspector of Police, Pollachi East Police Station, Coimbatore District. 4. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J. grs Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.18442 of 2025 26.06.2025 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis