BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Tuesday, the Sixth day of September Two Thousand Eleven PRESENT The Hon`ble Ms.Justice R.MALA CRL OP(MD) No.11634 of 2011 C. KARTHIK ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1 Vs THE STATE THROUGH THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE TALLAKULAM ALL WOMEN POLICE STATION, MADURAI, CRIME NO.NOT KNOWN OF 2011 ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT K.NANDHINI ..INTERVENOR For Petitioner : M/S.G.PRABHU RAJADURAI Advocate For Respondent :Mr.A.RAMAR, Govt. Advocate ( Crl. Side) For Intervenor : Mr.R.ANAND, Advocate PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. ORDER : The Court Made the following order :- The petitioner apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 406& 498(A) I.P.C., and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act r/w. Section 4 of Tmail Nadu 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 petitioner, only petition enquiry is pending. 4.Considering the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. However, I am inclined to give a directioon to the respondent not not harass the petitioner 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. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 5.With the above direction, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of. Consequently, the connected M.P. is also closed. sd/- 06/09/2011 / TRUE COPY / Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S.) Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai - 625 023. TO 1.THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT, MADURAI 2.THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE TALLAKULAM ALL WOMEN POLICE STATION, MADURAI, rl/3c – 8.9.2011 ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.11634 of 2011 Date :06/09/2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/