ORDER

This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C filed at the instance of the State calling into question an order dated 01.03.2024 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Sathyamangalam in Crl.M.P.No.1519 of 2024 accepting the surrender of four accused persons and remanding them to judicial custody under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C till 06.03.2024.

2. The facts giving rise to this petition are as under:—

(a) A gory incident took place on 29.2.2024, wherein the Deputy Chairman of Kattankulathur Panchayat Union was waylaid by six persons and brutally murdered, with the arms and legs of the deceased being chopped off. The accused persons also hurled a country bomb in the car in which the deceased was travelling causing extensive damage to the vehicle. It appears that these six persons had fled the scene thereafter. Mr. Jinnah, the learned State Public Prosecutor submitted that the deceased was brought dead on the same day before the Chromepet Government Hospital.

(b) On a complaint given by one Sathyanarayanan, a case in Otteri PS Crime No 40 of 2024 was registered by the Tambaram Police on 29.02.2024 for the offences under Section 147,148,302 IPC, Section 3 & 4 of the Explosive Substances