CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 10/07/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 Appadurai ... Petitioner/Accused No.2 Vs State of Tamilnadu Rep by, The Inspector of Police, Alangulam Police Station, Tenkasi District. Crime No.371 of 2026. ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- For Bail in Crime no.371/2026 on the file of the Respondent Police. For Petitioner : S.Micheal Heldon Kumar, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.N.Balasubramanian, Counsel For State of TN (Crl.Side) ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / Accused, who is arrested and remanded to judicial 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 custody on 27.06.2026, for the offences punishable under Sections 328 of IPC and Section 24(1) of COTPA Act, 2003, in Crime No.371 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail. 2.The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner is running a parcel service, and he assisted the co-accused in the illegal transportation of 78 kg of tobacco products. Hence, the present complaint has been registered. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and he was falsely implicated in this case and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He further submitted that he is only running a parcel service company, and he is not aware of the contents in the parcel and the petitioner is having no previous case similar in nature and he is in custody from 27.06.2026 and ready to abide any condition imposed by this Court. Hence, he prayed bail for the petitioner. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the State reiterated the prosecution case and reported that the petitioner is ranked as A2 and he 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 is having 1 previous case under Section 307 IPC and the co-accused is already arrested and still in custody and the investigation is still pending. Hence, he opposed to grant bail to the petitioner. 5. I have gone through the FIR and also the connected materials. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of offence, though 1 previous case is reported is concerned with IPC offence, considering the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioner, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner subject to certain conditions. [a] Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on condition to execute a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Alangulam, Tenkasi District, and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent police, daily at 10.30 a.m., for a period of three weeks, 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 thereafter as and when required for interrogation; [c] the petitioner shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he/she is accused, or suspected, or of the commission of which he/she is suspected; [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial; [e] the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; [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 51730]. [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 be registered under Section 269 BNS. 10.07.2026 dss To 1.The Judicial Magistrate, Alangulam, Tenkasi District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Alangulam Police Station, Tenkasi District. 3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Palayamkottai. 4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. K. RAJASEKAR,J DSS 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13863 of 2026 ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.13863 of 2026 Date : 10/07/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis