1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 10.06.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.S.RAMANATHAN Crl.O.P.(MD).No.6439 of 2011 D.K.Desai ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Tuticorin District. 3.The Inspector of Police, SIPCOT Police Station, Thoothukudi District. ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to direct the respondents to provide adequate police protection for inspecting and removing the Cotton Bales from the Godown No.3 at SIPCOT, Madurai Bye Pass Road, Meelavitan Village, Thoothukudi District in accordance with the petitioner's complaint dated 20.05.2011. For Petitioner : Mr.S.C.Herold Singh For Respondents : Mr.P.Kannithevan Govt. Advocate (Crl. Side) O R D E R The petitioner has filed this application seeking for a direction directing the respondents to provide adequate police protection for inspecting and removing the Cotton Bales from the Godown No.3 at SIPCOT, Madurai Bye Pass Road, Meelavitan Village, Thoothukudi District in accordance with the petitioner's complaint dated 20.05.2011. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has taken on lease the Godown belonging to Arun & Co owned by Arunkumar Sureka and they used the said Godown for storing their cotton bales and they received information that the owner of the Godown viz., Arunkumar Sureka has stealthy removed the bales from the Godown. It is further alleged that the said Arunkumar Sureka is a powerful and influential person in that locality and therefore for the purpose of visiting the godown, they need police protection and for that purpose they sent a representation dated 20.05.2011 to the Inspector of Police, SIPCOT Police Station, Thoothukudi District, the second respondent herein endorsing a copy to the first respondent. Though the second respondent issued a https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 receipt, no further action has been taken to give police protection. Hence this petition. 3. Heard the learned Government Advocate (Criminal side) appearing for the respondents and he has submitted that the second respondent may be directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 20.05.2011. 4. Considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner on the allegation made in the representation dated 20.05.2011, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of by directing the second respondent to give adequate police protection to the petitioner to go to his Godown for the purpose of verifying the stocks and the petitioner is directed to inform in advance to the second respondent about his visit for giving protection to him to go to his Godown for the purpose of verifying the stocks. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Tuticorin District. 2.The Inspector of Police, SIPCOT Police Station, Thoothukudi District. 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. +1 CC to Mr.S.C.Herold Singh, Advocate (SR.No.17996) Crl.O.P.(MD).No.6439 of 2011 10.06.2011 rj2 NSV/14.6.11/2P/5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/