CRL OP(MD). No.14373 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 15/07/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No.14373 of 2026 K.Shakila Banu ... Petitioner/Accused No.1 Vs State of Tamilnadu Rep by, The Inspector of Police, CCB Police Station, Trichy City. Crime No.40/2024. ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- For Bail in Crime No.40/2024 on the file of the respondent police For Petitioner : A.Sivasubramanian, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.T.Lenin Kumar, 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.14373 of 2026 The petitioner / Accused, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 16.06.2026 for the offences punishable under Sections 419 and 420 of IPC, 1860, in Crime No.40 of 2024 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner, joining hands with the other accused, introduced herself as an income tax officer and induced the defacto complainant, to pay money, for the purpose of investment in the share market and also collected a sum of Rs.23,64,000/- on various occasions in her bank account through G-Pay, Phone-Pe, etc., from 12.01.2021 to 13.09.2022, and subsequently the accused have also collected gold jewels weighing about 12 ½ sovereigns and a car bearing Reg. No. TN 45 CA 2326 from the defacto complainant. Subsequently, the defacto complainant came to know about the false representation made by the petitioner. Thereby, they cheated the defacto complainant. Hence, the case has been registered. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14373 of 2026 that the petitioner is innocent and she was falsely implicated in this case and she has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He would further submit that the alleged transaction was taken place from 12.01.2021 to 13.09.2022 and the complaint was lodged after a lapse of several years and the petitioner is in custody from 16.06.2026. Hence, he prayed bail for the petitioner. 4. The learned Counsel appearing for the State reiterated the prosecution case and reported that by promising to provide huge profit, the petitioner has collected a sum of Rs.23,64,000/-, gold and a car on various occasions. Hence, if the petitioner released on bail, she will indulg in similar kind of offence. Hence, he opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner. 5. This Court heard both sides and perused the materials available on records. 6. Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14373 of 2026 on either side and also considering the facts that the petitioner is a woman and the occurrence took place from 12.01.2021 to 13.09.2022, however, FIR was registered belatedly on 14.12.2024 and the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner subject to the following 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 No.I, Trichy, and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m., for a period of 4 weeks and 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 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14373 of 2026 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 5560]. [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 BNS. 15.07.2026 dss 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14373 of 2026 K. RAJASEKAR,J DSS To 1.The Judicial Magistrate No.I, Trichy. 2.The Inspector of Police, CCB Police Station, Trichy City. 3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli. 4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.14373 of 2026 Date : 15/07/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis