Madras High Court
Shanthi vs The State Represented By on 28 September, 2021
Crl.R.C.(MD) No.694 of 2021
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 28.09.2021
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.PONGIAPPAN
Crl.R.C.(MD)No.694 of 2021
Shanthi ... Petitioner
Vs.
The State Represented by
The Inspector of Police,
K.Paramathi Police Station,
Karur District.
(in Crime No.453 of 2020) ...Respondent
Prayer : This Criminal Revision has been filed under Section 397 r/w 401 of
Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records and to set aside the order made in
Crl.M.P.No.1337 of 2021 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Karur, dated
21.09.2021 in respect of condition No.1, consequently delete the condition No.1
to deposit the sum of Rs.1,50,000/- to the credit of Crime No.375 of 2021 on the
file of the respondent police and surrender the original RC Book and permit the
petitioner to surrender attested copy of the RC Book.
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For Petitioner : Mr.S.Gokulraj
For Respondent : Mr.E.Antony Sahaya Prabahar
Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
This petition has been filed to set aside the condition No.1 imposed by the
learned Sessions Judge, Karur, in the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.1337 of 2021,
dated 21.09.2021.
2.The petitioner claims to be the owner of the Tipper Lorry bearing
Registration No.TN-57-AK-5502. The respondent police intercepted the vehicle
of the petitioner and seized the same on the ground that it was used for carrying
illegal river sand, without any valid permit and registered a case in Crime No.
375 of 2021. Subsequently, the petitioner has approached the learned Sessions
Judge, Karur, by way of filing a petition in Crl.M.P.No.1337 of 2021 for release
of the vehicle and the learned Sessions Judge has allowed the petition filed by the
petitioner by its order dated 21.09.2021, by imposing 1st condition to the effect
that the petitioner was directed to surrender the original R.C.Book and also to
deposit a sum of Rs.1,50,000/- before the Court in Crime No.375 of 2021 of
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K.Paramathi Police Station and compliance of the condition, the above vehicle
which was remanded in R.P.147/2021 of District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate,
Aravakurichi, shall be returned to the petitioner on interim custody. Challenging
the said condition imposed by the Court below, the petitioner is before this Court
with this criminal revision.
3.Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side and perused the
materials available on record.
4.The only grievance of the petitioner is that 1st condition imposed by the
learned Sessions Judge, Karur, is onerous.
5.Considering the grievance addressed by the learned counsel appearing on
behalf of the petitioner with the relevant records, it would appear that the
petitioner is a first offender. Further, the case is under investigation. Hence, in
view of that, this Criminal Revision Case is partly allowed. The order of the
learned Sessions Judge, Karur, made in Crl.M.P.No.1337 of 2021, dated
21.09.2021 is modified in respect of the condition No.1 alone and it is modified
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to the effect that the petitioner is directed to surrender the original R.C.Book and
also to deposit a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- before the Court of the Sessions Judge,
Karur, in Crime No.375 of 2021 of K.Paramathi Police Station and compliance of
the condition, the above vehicle which was remanded in R.P.147/2021 of District
Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate, Aravakurichi, shall be returned to the petitioner
on interim custody. In respect of other conditions, the order of the learned
Sessions Judge, Karur, shall remain unaltered.
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Index : Yes/No
Internet : Yes/No
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To:-
1.The Sessions Judge,
Karur.
2.The Inspector of Police,
K.Paramathi Police Station,
Karur District.
3.The Additional Public Prosecutor,
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,
Madurai.
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R.PONGIAPPAN, J.
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JUDGMENT MADE IN
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