CRL OP(MD). No.13764 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 09/07/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No.13764 of 2026 Dineshkumar ... Petitioner/Accused Rank Not Known Vs State of Tamilnadu Rep by, The Inspector of Police, Sellur (L and O) Police Station, Madurai City. Crime No.450/2026. ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No.450/2026 on the file of the Respondent Police. For Petitioner : Velmurugan S, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.T.Lenin Kumar, Counsel For State of TN (Crl.Side) ORDER The petitioner apprehends arrest for the alleged offence under 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13764 of 2026 Sections 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of BNS Act, 2023, in Crime No.450 of 2026, on the file of the respondent police seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner illegally transported 1.600 kg of ganja. On 03.07.2026 at about 12.15 p.m., the police, on prior information, intercepted the petitioner and on seeing the police, the petitioner allegedly ran away from the place of occurrence. Thereafter, the police searched the place and recovered 1.600 kg of ganja. Hence, the case has been registered. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has not committed any such offence as alleged by the prosecution and he has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submitted that it is a false case registered by the respondent police since the petitioner has IPC cases. Hence, he prayed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 4. The learned Counsel For State of TN (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police, reiterated the prosecution case, and on instructions, 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13764 of 2026 reported that on seeing the police party, the petitioner fled away from the scene of occurrence and the investigation is still pending. Hence, he opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. I have gone through the FIR and also the connected materials. 6.Considering the nature of allegations against the petitioner and also considering the facts that it is not a case of commercial quantity, though the petitioner ran away from the place of occurrence, it has also been contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that it is a false case cooked up by the respondent police since the petitioner has IPC cases. I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to certain conditions. [a] Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail in the event of arrest or on his appearance, within a period of fifteen days from the date on which the order copy made ready, before the Principal District and NDPS Act Court Cases, Madurai, on condition that the 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13764 of 2026 petitioner shall 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 Judicial Magistrate concerned 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, and thereafter as and when required for the interrogation. [c] the petitioner shall not commit any offences of similar nature. [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial. [e] the petitioner shall not tamper with evidence or witness either during investigation or trial. [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 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.13764 of 2026 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 B.N.S. 09.07.2026 dss To 1.The Principal District and NDPS Act Court Cases, Madurai, 2.The Inspector of Police, Sellur (L and O) Police Station, 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.13764 of 2026 K. RAJASEKAR,J DSS ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.13764 of 2026 Date : 09/07/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis