Crl.O.P.No.12932 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 14.05.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.DHANABAL Crl.O.P.No.12932 of 2026 1.Elayaraja 2.Manikandan 3.Thangavel ... Petitioners Vs. 1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ulundurpet Sub Division, Kallakurichi District. 2.The State Rep. By its The Inspector of Police, Kallamaruthur Police Station, Kallakurichi District. (Crime No.100 of 2026) 3.C.Veeramani ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, praying to direct the learned Principal District and Sessions court, Kallakurichi District, to consider the bail application of the petitioners concerned in Crime No.100 of 2026 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Kallamaruthur Police Station, Kallakurichi District, on their surrender on the same day. For Petitioners : Mr.S.Nedunchezhiyan 1 / 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.12932 of 2026 For R1 and R2 : Mr.A.Damodaran, Additional Public Prosecutor O R D E R This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to direct the learned Principal District and Sessions court, Kallakurichi District, to entertain, consider and dispose of the bail application of the petitioners on the same day of surrender before the said Court in Crime No.100 of 2026 pending on the file of the Inspector of Police, Kallamaruthur Police Station, Kallakurichi District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondents 1 and 2. 3. In view of the specific bar under Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and also taking into consideration the possibility of misusing the pious intention of the Parliament against innocent persons, there shall be a direction to the jurisdictional Court, to consider the petitioners’ bail application, preferably on the same day of their surrender, in connection with Crime No.100 of 2026 on the file of the second respondent Police and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, after 2 / 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.12932 of 2026 affording due opportunity to the victims under Section 15-A of the SC/ST (PoA) Act, 1989. The petitioners shall surrender before the jurisdictional Court within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. With the above direction, this Criminal Original Petition stands disposed of. 14.05.2026 cda To 1.The Principal District and Sessions court, Kallakurichi District. 2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ulundurpet Sub Division, Kallakurichi District. 3.The Inspector of Police, Kallamaruthur Police Station, Kallakurichi District. 4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. 3 / 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.12932 of 2026 P.DHANABAL, J. cda Crl.O.P.No.12932 of 2026 14.05.2026 4 / 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis