BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Thursday, the Eleventh day of August Two Thousand Eleven PRESENT The Hon`ble Ms.Justice R.MALA CRL OP(MD) No.10397 of 2011 1.ALLIKODI 2.KAMAYEE 3.JAYA .. PETITIONERS/ACCUSED VS. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ALL WOMEN POLICE STATION, USILAMPATTI, MADURAI DISRICT (CR.NO.NOT KNOWN/2011) .. RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT For Petitioner : M/S. S.MAHENDRAPATHY Advocate For Respondent : MR. A.RAMAR, Additional Public Prosecutor PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. ORDER : The Court Made the following order :- The petitioners apprehend arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 406, 498-A and 506(ii) IPC., and Section 4 of Women Harassment Act and hence, seeks anticipatory bail. 2.Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor(Crl.side) appearing for the State. 3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that on the basis of the complaint given by the de-facto complainant, no case has been registered against the petitioners, only petition enquiry is pending. 4.Considering the submissions of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners However, I am inclined to give a direction to the respondent not to harass the petitioners under the guise of petition enquiry. The respondent is directed to follow the dictum laid down in D.K.Basu Vs. State of West Bengal reported in AIR (1997) SC 610. 5.With the above direction, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of. sd/- 11/08/2011 / TRUE COPY / Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) TO 1.THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE,ALL WOMEN POLICE STATION, USILAMPATTI, MADURAI DISRICT 2.THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI. +1. CC to M/S. S.MAHENDRAPATHY Advocate SR.No.27311 ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.10397 of 2011 Date :11/08/2011 TR: 16.08.2011 : 1P/4C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/