CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 25/06/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. DHANABAL CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 Muthukaruppaiya ... Petitioner/Accused Sole Accused Vs The State of Tamilnadu Rep By, The Inspector of Police, Jetty Police Station, Rameshwaram. (Crime No. 4 of 2025). ... Respondent/Complainant (Amended vide order dated 25.06.2026 in CRL OP(MD). No. 12562 of 2026 by PDBJ) PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No. 4 of 2025 on the file of the respondent Police. For Petitioner : S.Manojkumar, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.N.Balasubramanian, Counsel For State of TN (Crl.Side) ORDER : The Court made the following order :- 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent for the offence punishable under Section 4(1)(A) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2024, in Crime No.4 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 08.01.2025 at about 11.00 a.m, when the respondent police were on patrol duty at Rameswaram Harbour near Pavalam Boat, on seeing the police party, the petitioner tried to escape from the scene of occurrence. However, the respondent police nabbed him and found he was in possession of 44 numbers of 180 ml liquor bottles for selling the same to the public illegally. Hence, the case. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent and he was falsely implicated in this case and he has no way connected in the above said incident. Hence, he prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 4. The learned Counsel For State of TN (Crl. Side) would submit that the offence committed by the accused is grave in nature and the 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 investigation is still pending and the petitioner has 1 previous case. Hence, he opposes to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. Heard both sides and perused the materials available on record. 6. Considering the rival submissions on either side and the nature of offences charged against the petitioner, and also considering the fact that the quantity of liquor involved in this case and though the petitioner has 1 previous case, in that case, he was released on bail, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to the following conditions: [a] Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on his appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Rameswaram, on condition that the petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate concerned and 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent police, every Saturday at 10.30 a.m. for a period of 4 weeks, and thereafter as and when required for the interrogation. [c] the petitioner shall not commit any offences of similar nature. [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial. [e] the petitioner shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial. [f] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Judicial Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioner in accordance with law as if the 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)AIR SCW 5560]. [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 be registered under Section 269 B.N.S. 25.06.2026 dss To 1.The Judicial Magistrate, Rameswaram. 2.The Inspector of Police, Jetty Police Station, Rameshwaram. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12562 of 2026 P. DHANABAL,J dss ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.12562 of 2026 Date : 25/06/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis