CRL OP(MD). No.12377 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.12377 of 2026 1. Ramarajapandiyan 2. Palaniyammal 3. Velladurai 4. Pandi @ Pandiyarajan ... Petitioners/Accused No.1to4 Vs The State of Tamilnadu Rep.,By, The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Theni. (Crime No. 16 of 2026). ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No. 16 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police... For Petitioners : A. Joseph Jerry 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.12377 of 2026 The petitioners, who apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 316(2), 61(2), 318(2) and 351(2) of BNS, 2023, in Crime No.16 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police, seek anticipatory bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that the first petitioner is the second husband and the petitioners 2 to 4 are in-laws of the defacto complainant. The prosecution alleges that the accused subjected the defacto complainant to cruelty, misappropriated her funds, and criminally intimidated her by threatening to publish her personal photographs and videos on social media if she did not comply with his demands. Thereafter, cheated her. Hence, the case. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are innocent and they were falsely implicated in this case and they have no way connected in the above said incident. He would further submit that nobody sustained injury in the alleged occurrence and no previous case is pending against the petitioners. Hence, he prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12377 of 2026 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 investigation is still pending. Hence, he opposes to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. He would further submit that nobody sustained injury in the alleged occurrence and no previous case is pending against the petitioners. 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 petitioners, and there is a matrimonial dispute between the parties and nobody sustained injury in the alleged occurrence and no previous case is pending against the petitioners, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, subject to the following conditions: [a] Accordingly, the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on their appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12377 of 2026 order copy made ready, before the Additional Mahila Court, Theni, on condition that the petitioners shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate concerned and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioners 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 petitioners shall not commit any offences of similar nature. [d] the petitioners shall not abscond either during investigation or trial. [e] the petitioners 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 petitioners in accordance with 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12377 of 2026 law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioners 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 be registered under Section 269 B.N.S. 25.06.2026 dss To 1.The Additional Mahila Court, Theni. 2.The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Theni. 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.12377 of 2026 P. DHANABAL,J dss ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.12377 of 2026 Date : 25/06/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis