1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 14.12.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.PERIYA KARUPPIAH Crl.O.P.(MD).No.15947 of 2011 Dr.K.Baskara Sethupathy ...Petitioner -Vs- 1.State, represented by The Superintendent of Police, Trichy Rural, Trichy District. 2.State, represented by The Inspector of Police, Thuraiyur Police Station, Thuraiyur, Trichy District. ...Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to direct the respondents to give police protection to the petitioner's life and limb. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Subramanian for Mr.M.Saravanan For Respondents: Mr.P.Kannithevan Government Advocate (Crl. Side) O R D E R This petition has been filed to direct the respondents to give police protection to the petitioner's life and limb. 2. Heard Mr.R.Subramanian for Mr.M.Saravanan, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.P.Kannithevan, learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side)appearing on behalf of the respondents. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit in his argument that the petitioner preferred a complaint before the respondents stating that the petitioner is working as a Senior Manager in ABT Industries Limited, which is a Public Limited Company of Sakthi Group having its administrative office at Coimbatore. The said ABT Industries Limited deals with procuring, processing and selling of milk and milk products all over India. For milk procuring and selling process, the petitioner's Company entered into an agreement with one Shudh Dairy Farms. For that purpose, machineries were installed in the Shudh Dairy Farms on temporary arrangement for six months only. The said Shudh Dairy Farms agreed and undertook to make arrangements thereafter. After that, the petitioner came to know that the said Shudh Dairy Farms procured milk from the farmers and sold the same in the open market and said act in selling the milk procured for ABT Industries Limited is in violation of the agreement. Immediately, the petitioner contacted one Ravi, who is running the Shudh Dairy Farms to return the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 machineries. But he refused to deliver the machineries. Therefore, the matter was referred to the Thuraiyur police Station. At that time, the said Ravi agreed to hand over the machineries on 12.11.2011. Even thereafter, the machineries were not returned to us and the same are being kept idle without any maintenance. Therefore, myself and our Company Technical staff went to the said Shudh Dairy Farm to remove the machineries from the said dairy farm. At that time, a mob claiming themselves as local villagers came to attack us with deadly weapons and therefore, suitable police protection may be given to the petitioner and his servants. Since no action has been taken on the complaint of the petitioner, he has come forward with the present petition seeking direction to the respondents police to give police protection to the life and limb of the petitioner. 4. The learned Government Advocate (criminal side) would submit that they would give police protection to the life and limb of the petitioner. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the submission made by the learned Government Advocate (criminal side), the second respondent police is directed to give police protection to the life and limb of the petitioner. 6. With the above said direction, this criminal original petition is ordered accordingly to that extent. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (C.O) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1. The Superintendent of Police, Trichy rural, Trichy District. 2. The Inspector of Police, Thuraiyur Police Station, Thuraiyur, Trichy District. 3. The Additional Public Prosecutor Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. Crl.O.P.(MD).No.15947 of 2011 14.12.11 vsm RJ/21.12.11 2p/4c https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/