Crl.O.P.(MD)No.14210 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 14.07.2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No. 14210 of 2026 Raja @ Ammayapatty Raja ...Petitioner Vs State of Tamil Nadu rep. by The Inspector of Police, PEW Pudukkottai Police Station, Pudukkottai District. (Crime No.152 of 2026) ...Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.G.Mathavan Advocate For Respondent : Mr.T.Lenin Kumar Counsel for State of TN (Crl. Side) PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.483 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Bail in Cr.No. 152 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / Accused, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 26.12.2025, for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(B), 21(a), 27(a) of NDPS Act, in Crime No.152 of 2026 on the file of 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.(MD)No.14210 of 2026 the respondent police, seeks bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner is found in possession of 500 Tapentadol tablets and 1.400 kg. of ganja. Hence, the case 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 would further submit that the petitioner is in custody from 26.12.2025 and ready to abide any condition imposed by this Court. Though Act 14 of TN Act, 1982, has been invokved, it was quashed. Hence, he prayed bail for the petitioner. 4. The learned Counsel appearing for the State reiterated the prosecution case and reported that the petitioner has nine previous cases, including one similar offence. Investigation in this case has been completed and final report has also been filed before the concerned Court. If he is released out of bail, again he will indulge in similar activities. He opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner. 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.(MD)No.14210 of 2026 5. This Court heard both sides and perused the materials available on record. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, that the tapentadol tablets were seized, which not scheduled psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act and the recovered ganja is not commercial quantity, though the petitioner has some previous cases, considering the period of incarceration, 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.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge / Presiding Officer, Special Court for E.C and NDPS Act Cases, Pudukkottai, and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the jurisdictional Magistrate at 10.30 a.m., on all working days, for a period of four weeks, 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 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.(MD)No.14210 of 2026 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 be registered under Section 269 BNS. (K R S J) 14.07.2026 TM To 1.The Additional District and Sessions Judge / Presiding Officer, Special Court for E.C and NDPS Act Cases, Pudukkottai. 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.(MD)No.14210 of 2026 2.The Inspector of Police, PEW Pudukkottai Police Station, Pudukkottai District. (Crime No.152 of 2026) 3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Trichy. 4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.(MD)No.14210 of 2026 K. RAJASEKAR, J. TM ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No. 14210 of 2026 Date : 14.07.2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis