BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT (Criminal Jurisdiction) Tuesday, the Sixteenth day of August Two Thousand Eleven PRESENT The Hon`ble Ms.Justice R.MALA CRL OP(MD) No.10433 of 2011 SHANMUGAVEL :PETITIONER / ACCUSED NO.1 -Vs- THE STATE REP. BY THE FOREST RANGE OFFICER, BOOTHA PANDY FOREST RANGE, KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT. CRIME NO.OR.NO.48/2011 :RESPONDENT / COMPLAINANT For Petitioner : M/S. F.DEEPAK Advocate For Respondent : MR.A.RAMAR, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C. ORDER : The Court Made the following order :- The petitioner is arrayed as A1 and he was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 20.07.2011 for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 9 and 5 1(i) of Wildlife Protection Act 1972, in OR.No.48 of 2011 on the file of the respondent police and hence, seeks bail. 2.The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in this case and hence, he prays for enlargement on bail. 3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the occurrence has taken place on 19.07.2011 and information has been received that a panther has died in a private land adjacent to the Tirunelveli- Nagercoil High way. However, in the postmortem report, it was found that there was a gun shoot injury on its neck, which leads to cause the death of panther. He would further submit that the investigation is going on and hence, he prays for dismissal of this application. 4.Considering the rival submissions made by both sides and also considering the fact that on information, a body of panther has been found at Tirunelveli-Nagercoil High way, as if, the panther was died in an accident, but, after the postmortem, it was found that there was a gun shoot on its neck, which was caused the death of panther and Postmortem has been conducted on 20.07.2011 and thereafter, the petitioner was arrested and since the investigation is going on, if he is enlarged on bail, he will tamper the witnesses and abscond from the jurisdiction of this Court and hence, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, this criminal original petition is dismissed. sd/- 16/08/2011 / TRUE COPY / Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) TO: 1.The Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 2.The Forest Range Officer, Bootha Pandy Forest Range, Kanyakumari District. 3.The Officer In-charge, Sub Jail, Nagercoil. RP/19.08.2011/1P/4C. ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.10433 of 2011 Date :16/08/2011. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/