D.Praveen @ Venkatesh v. State of Tamilnadu Rep by Inspector of Police, Velliyanai

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 06.07.2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No. 13379 of 2026 D.Praveen @ Venkatesh

...Petitioner

Vs State of Tamil Nadu rep. by The Inspector of Police, Velliyanai Police Station, Karur District. (Crime No.189 of 2020)

...Respondent/Complainant

For Petitioner : Mr.L.P.Deva Nagarajan

Advocate

For Respondent : Mr.T.Lenin Kumar Counsel for State of TN (Crl. Side) PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.483 of BNSS PRAYER :- For Bail in Cr.No. 189 of 2020 on the file of the respondent police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / Accused, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 08.02.2025 for the offences punishable under Section 449, and 302 of IPC @ 120(B), 449, 302 and 506(ii) of IPC, in S.C.No.46 of 2022 on the file of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Karur, in Crime No.189 of 2020 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution is that already investigation in this case has been completed and the charge sheet has also been filed before the concerned Court. The case is of the year 2020. Since the petitioner was absconded non bailable warrant was issued against the petitioner on 28.02.2022 and the case was also split up in S.C.No.46 of 2022 in respect of this petitioner. The NBW was executed by the respondent police on 08.02.2025 and now the petitioner is in custody.

¶3The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and he was falsely implicated in this case and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He would further submitted that the absence of the petitioner before the trial Court is not wanton. The petitioner is not aware of the issuance of the NBW by the trial Court. The charges were also framed. Thereafter there is no progress in the trial. The petitioner is in custody from 08.02.2025 and ready to abide any condition imposed by this Court. Hence, he prayed bail for the petitioner.

¶4The learned Counsel appearing for the State reiterated the prosecution case and reported that the petitioner has no previous case. The mother case in S.C.No.38 of 2020 on the file of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Karur was ended in conviction in respect of the co-accused on 12.07.2023. Since the petitioner was absconded for long period, the case was split up against him in the present S.C.No.46 of 2022 and now the charges were framed against him on 31.01.2026. However, the petitioner has no previous case. He opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner.

¶5This Court heard both sides and perused the materials available on record.

¶6Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the nature of offence, though it is a double murder case, the petitioner has no previous case, there is no progress in the trial process and also considering the period of incarceration, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner subject to certain conditions. [a] Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on condition to execute a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Karur, and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Karur, daily at 10.30 a.m., until further orders; [c] the petitioner shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he/she is accused, or suspected, or of the commission of which he/she is suspected; [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial; [e] the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; [f] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the learned Judicial Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioner in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioner released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005)AIR SCW 51730]. [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 BNS.

(K R S J)

06.07.2026 TM To

1.The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Karur.

2.The Inspector of Police, Velliyanai Police Station, Karur District. (Crime No.189 of 2020)

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Trichy.

4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

K. RAJASEKAR, J. TM ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No. 13379 of 2026 Date : 06.07.2026