Crl.O.P.No.5780 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 10.03.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN Crl.O.P.No.5780 of 2026 Somu @ Somasundaram ... Petitioner/A3 Vs. State Rep by the Inspector of Police, Molasi Police Station, Namakkal. ... Respondent (Crime No.94 of 2025) PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of arrest pending investigation in Crime No.94 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police. For Petitioner : Mr.B.R.Jayaprakash Narayan For Respondent : Mr.P.Dhileepan Government Advocate (Crl. Side) O R D E R The petitioner, who apprehends arrest for the alleged offence under Sections 127(2), 115(2), 118(1), 308(4) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act, 2023 in Crime No.94 of 2026, on the file of the respondent police seeks anticipatory bail. 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.5780 of 2026 2. The case of the petitioner is that a complaint lodged by one Nepal Roy, a native of West Bengal received by the respondent police on 15.08.2025, informing that migrant workers from West Bengal been taken to the Mill of Krishnan and confined illegally for extorting money and a sum of Rs.60,000/- by ATM and G-pay after obtaining the pin number was withdrawn by the abductors. Hence, the case. 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 defacto complainant and he has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submitted that he is ready to abide by any stringent condition that may be imposed by this Court and he is ready to co-operate with the investigation. Hence, he prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police reiterated the prosecution case and, upon instructions, submitted that eleven previous criminal cases have been registered against him. Hence, he vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. Heard the submissions made by the learned counsel on either side 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.5780 of 2026 and perused the materials available on record. 6. From the submissions made by the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) that the petitioner has got eleven previous case. This Court is of the view that whenever liberty was granted to the petitioner he misused by committing a similar offence. Therefore, it is not desirable to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. 7. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. 10.03.2026 ssi To: 1.The Inspector of Police, Molasi Police Station, Namakkal. 2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. C.KUMARAPPAN,J., ssi 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.5780 of 2026 Crl.O.P.No.5780 of 2026 10.03.2026 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis