1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 11.11.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU CRL.O.P.(MD).No.14331 of 2011 1.Ganesamoorthi 2.Balaji 3.Ramesh 4.Senthil 5.Saravanan 6.Manikandan 7.Ganesan 8.Balasubramanian 9.Selvam @ Paneerselvam 10.Shanmugam 11.Parasuraman 12.Selvamani 13.Veeramani 14.Saminathan 15.Murugan 16.Vai.Ko.Balakrishnan 17.Manivannan 18.Iyyappan : Petitioners Vs. 1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thiruvadaimaruthur,Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District. 2.State, through The Inspector of Police, Pandanallur Police Station, Thanjavur District. [Crime No.259 of 2011]. : Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to direct the learned II Additional Principal Judge (PCR), Thanjavur, to consider the bail application of the petitioners/Accused in Crime No.259 of 2011 on the file of the second respondent police on the same day of surrender, on merits. For Petitioners : Mr.AN.Ramanathan For Respondents : Mr.P.Kannithevan, Government Advocate (Crl.Side) O R D E R The petitioners seek for a direction to the lower Court to consider the Bail Application of the petitioners herein in Crime No.259 of 2011, on the file of the second respondent police, on their surrender and dispose of the same on the same day itself. 2. The petitioners are alleged to have committed offences under Sections 147, 148, 323, 324 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 1989 (*)and Section 3(1) of TNPPDL Act.. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are innocent. He would further submit that the petitioners are prepared to surrender before the Lower Court to co-operate with the prosecution and their petition for bail may be ordered to be considered on the same day. 4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) would oppose the said request. 5. Considering the submission of the petitioners that they are innocent and considering the fact that by simply issuing a direction to the Lower Court to dispose of the petition for bail on the same day, no prejudice would be caused to the prosecution, the following direction is issued to the lower Court:- ● In the event of the petitioners surrendering before the lower Court and their filing of petition seeking bail, the lower Court shall dispose of the said petition for bail on the same day strictly on merits and in accordance with law. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition stands disposed of. SD ASST REGISTRAR ( CO ) (*)AMENDED AS PER THE ORDER OF THIS COURT IN CRL OP(MD)No. 14331 OF 2011 DATED: 23.11.2011 BY SNJ., SD ASST REGISTRAR ( CO ) /TRUE COPY/ SUB ASST REGISTRAR NB To TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ORDERS ALRADY DESPATCHED ON 15.11.2011. 1.The II Additional Principal Judge (PCR), Thanjavur. 2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thiruvadaimaruthur, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District. 3.The Inspector of Police, Pandanallur Police Station, Thanjavur District. 4.The Addl. Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 1CC TO MR. AN. RAMANATHAN, ADVOCATE, SR: 39178: ORDER MADE IN CRL.O.P.(MD).No.14331 of 2011 rl/15.11.2011 DM::2011:NOVEMBER:23:: 2p:6c:: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/