CRL OP(MD). No.14094 of 2026 EFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 13/07/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No.14094 of 2026 Siva ... Petitioner/Accused No.2 Vs The State of Tamilnadu Rep By, The Inspector of Police, Manur Police Station, Tirunelveli District. (Crime No.870 of 2026). ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No.870 of 2026 on the file of the respondent Police. For Petitioner : Veerapandi .P, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.N.Balasubramanian, 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.14094 of 2026 Sections 296(b), 351(3) of BNS Act, 2023, and Section 3 of TNPPDL Act, in Crime No.870 of 2026, on the file of the respondent police seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that due to property dispute, the petitioner, joining hands with the other accused, abused the defacto complainant in filthy language and threatened him with dire consequence and also caused damage to the two wheeler bearing Reg.No.TN 72 CJ 2685 worth about Rs.18,000/-. 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 counter case has been registered agains the defacto complaiannt and the value of the damage is exaggerated and he is ready to co-operate with the investigation. 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.14094 of 2026 reported that the investigation is at preliminary stage. He would further submitted that A1 was already arrested and counter case has also been registered against the defacto complaiannt. However, 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 fact that already counter case has also been registered against the defacto complainant, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to certain conditions. [a] [a] the petitioner is directed to deposit a sum of Rs.6,000/- (Rupees Six Thousand only) to the credit of Crime No.870 of 2026 within a period of 15 days before the learned JJudicial Magistrate No.V, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli District. The learned Judicial Magistrate or Trial Court shall pass orders regarding entitlement of the said amount in its final order/Judgment. 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14094 of 2026 [b]On such deposit being made, this petition is ordered and 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 JJudicial Magistrate No.V, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli 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 two 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 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14094 of 2026 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 B.N.S. 13.07.2026 dss To 1.The Judicial Magistrate No.V, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli District. 2.The Inspector of Police, Manur Police Station, Tirunelveli District. 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.14094 of 2026 K. RAJASEKAR,J DSS ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.14094 of 2026 Date : 13/07/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis