Crl.O.P.No.23632 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 26.08.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE Dr. JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN Crl.O.P.No.23632 of 2025 1.Muthamizh Selvan 2.Munusamy 3.Geetha ... Petitioners Vs. The State represented by its, The Inspector of Police, B6 Mappedu Police Station, Thiruvallur. Crime No.190 of 2025 ... Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the Petitioners on bail in Crime No.190 of 2025 on the file of the Respondent Police. For Petitioners : Mr.J.Janarthanan For Respondent : Mr.S.Udayakumar Government Advocate (Crl.side) O R D E R The petitioner apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.23632 of 2025 the alleged offences punishable under Sections 296(b), 115(2), 118(1) & 351(3) of BNS, 2023 in Crime No.190 of 2025, registered on the file of the respondent police. 2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner herein is alleged to have assaulted the defacto complainant for removing him from the WhatsApp group. 3. Heard the learned counsels on both sides and perused the materials available on record. 4. This Court, on perusing the complaint finds that the defacto complainant was an admin in the WhatsApp group named “Namavom Namanai Anjom”, in which the first accused is the son-in-law of the defacto complainant. It appears that a manpower agency under this group was functioning and in this regard on 12.08.2025, the defacto complainant and the petitioners attacked each other. It is a case and case in counter registered by the respondent police in Crime No.189 of 2025 and another in Crime No.190 of 2025. This petition is filed seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.190 of 2025. 5. This Court on perusal of records, finds that this is a matter where the 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.23632 of 2025 respondent police should secure the persons involved and conduct a proper investigation. If the anticipatory bail is granted, there is every possibility of screening of evidence. Hence, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. 26.08.2025 drl To 1.The Judicial Magistrate No.II, Thiruvallur. 2.The Inspector of Police, B6 Mappedu Police Station, Thiruvallur. 3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. Dr.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J. 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.23632 of 2025 drl Crl.O.P.No.23632 of 2025 26.08.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis