Crl.O.P.No.20002 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 08.09.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE T.V.THAMILSELVI CRL.O.P.No.20002 of 2025 Shanmugam ... Petitioner -vs- The State Rep by: The Inspector of Police, Harur Police Station, Dharmapuri District. (Crime No.299 of 2025) ... Respondent Prayer:- Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 438 of Cr.P.C / Section 482 of BNSS Act, to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest by the respondent police in Crime No.299 of 2025 on the file of the Respondent police. For Petitioner : Mr.J.Pradeep For Respondent : Mr.S.Udayakumar, Government Advocate (Crl.Side) ********* 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.20002 of 2025 O R D E R The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under Section 303(2) of BNS, 2023 r/w Sections 4(1) (1A), 21(1) and 21(4) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 in Crime No.299 of 2025, on the file of the respondent Police, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) reported that the petitioner had been arrested in this case. 3. Recording the above submission made by the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side), that the petitioner had been arrested, there is no question of granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Hence, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed as infructuous. 08.09.2025 nvi 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.20002 of 2025 To 1.The Inspector of Police, Harur Police Station, Dharmapuri District. 2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. T.V.THAMILSELVI, J., 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.20002 of 2025 nvi Crl.O.P.No.20002 of 2025 08.09.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis