CRL OP(MD). No.12840 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 30/06/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No.12840 of 2026 1. Vijayagopal 2. Suganya 3. Gopalamuthukrishnan ... Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 & 3 Vs State of Tamilnadu Rep by, The Inspector of Police, CCB-I, Vishwanathapuram, Madurai City. Crime No. 32/2025. ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- for Antipatory Bail In Crime No .32/2025 on the file of the Respondent Police. For Petitioners : M/s T.S.Venkataramana, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.P.Vetrivel, Government Advocate (Crl.Side) ORDER The petitioners apprehend arrest for the alleged offence under 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12840 of 2026 Sections 465, 468 and 471 of IPC, in Crime No.32 of 2025, on the file of the respondent police seek anticipatory bail. 2. The allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners are the relative of the defacto complainant and it is alleged that the petitioners for the purpose of defeating the rights of the defacto complainant and family members, fabricated the agreement of sale deed dated 10.11.2021 and a Will, said to have executed by her mother-in-law. Based on the same, grabbed the property of the defacto complainant. Hence, the case. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are innocent and they have not committed any such offence as alleged by the prosecution and they have been falsely implicated in this case. He further submitted that the petitioners herein already initiated the civil suit with regard to the properties and in the said case, the defacto complainant also examined as P.W.1 and the trial is progressing and thereafter, complaint has been lodged against the petitioners. Since the alleged occurrence was borne out of records, there is no chance to the 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12840 of 2026 petitioner to tampering the evidence. Hence, he prayed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police submitted that it is a case of forgery. The accused fabricated the agreement for sale and also a Will for the purpose of cheating the rights of the defacto complainant herein and the investigation is going on and sofar no one has been arrested. Hence, he opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 5. I have gone through the records and also the connected materials. 6Considering the nature of the allegations against the petitioners and also considering the fact that the document was executed in the year 2021 and all the allegations were borne out of records, the custodial interrogation of the petitioners is not required in this case. I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, subject to certain conditions. 7. Accordingly, the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on their appearance, within a period of fifteen (15) 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12840 of 2026 days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the Judicial Magistrate Court, Madurai, on condition that the petitioners shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only), each with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, and on further condition: (a) If the petitioners fails to surrender before the concerned Magistrate within a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, this order shall stand automatically cancelled; (b) The sureties shall affix their photographs and left thumb impression in the application for surety ship (Judicial Form No.46 annexed to 'The Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019]'. The learned Magistrate shall obtain a copy of any one of identify proofs to ensure their identity; (c) The petitioners shall report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m., for a period of three weeks and thereafter, as and when required for interrogation; (d) The petitioners shall give their sample signature if any is required; (e) On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.12840 of 2026 the learned Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate actions against the petitioners in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioners released on anticipatory bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji v. State of Kerala [(2005) AIR SCW 5560]; (f) If the petitioners thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 of BNS Act. 30.06.2026 dss To 1.The Judicial Magistrate Court, Madurai. 2.The Inspector of Police, CCB-I, Vishwanathapuram, Madurai City. 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.12840 of 2026 K. RAJASEKAR,J DSS ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.12840 of 2026 Date : 30/06/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis