CRL OP No. 16714 of 2026 __________ Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 01-07-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY CRL OP No. 16714 of 2026 1. Chinnarasu @ Chinnarasu Madeswaran 2. Karthik @ Karthikeyan 3. Sankar 4. P.Chinrasu 5. Madeswaran Kaliyamoorthi ..Petitioner(s) Vs 1. State Rep by Deputy Superintendent fo Police Chinna Salem Range, Kallakurichi District. 2. The Inspector of Police, Kallakurichi Police Station, Kallakurichi District. Crime No. 307 of 2026. 3. Karthik, ..Respondent(s) Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS to directing the Learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for S.C and S.T Act, Kallakurichi District to consider the bail application of the Petitioners on their surrender in connection with the above Crime No.307 of 2026 on the file of the 2nd Respondent Inspector of Police, Kallakurichi Police Station, Kallakurichi District on the same day and pass such further or other orders as this Hon'ble Court https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 16714 of 2026 __________ Page2 of 4 For Petitioner(s): Mr.V.Thillai Kumar For Respondent(s): Mr.R.Rajasekaran, Government Advocate (Criminal Side) ORDER This Criminal Original Petition is filed for a direction to consider the petitioners’ bail application in connection with Crime No.307 of 2026 on the file of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for S.C and S.T Act, Kallakurichi District. 2. The contention made on behalf of the petitioners is that the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has wrongly been invoked and that the petitioners are willing to surrender along with the bail application and that the contentions relating to the merits of the averments made is taken note of. 3. Considering the above and the totality of the circumstances, the following directions are issued: (i) the petitioners shall surrender before the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Special Court for S.C and S.T Act, Kallakurichi District and file a bail application with reference to Crime No.307 of 2026 and the same shall be considered on merits on the same day; https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 16714 of 2026 __________ Page3 of 4 (ii) the petitioners will also be entitled to serve a copy of the surrender petition and the bail application in advance so that the respondent Police shall furnish a copy of the same and complete the service on the de facto complainant well in advance; (iii) simultaneously, it will also be open to the petitioners to serve a copy to the defacto complainant. 4. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of. 01-07-2026 Neutral Citation: Yes/No skr To 1. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Chinna Salem Range, Kallakurichi 2. The Inspector of Police, Kallakurichi Police Station, Kallakurichi District. 3. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 16714 of 2026 __________ Page4 of 4 D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J. skr CRL OP No. 16714 of 2026 01-07-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis