JUDGMENT :

M. DHANDAPANI, J.

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed u/s 439 Cr.P.C. praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail in Crime No. 02 of 2019 on the file of the respondent Central Bureau of Investigation, State Crime Branch, Chennai.

1. The petitioner, who is arrayed as A-8 in an offence which had created an eerie atmosphere in the society, and attracted very many sections of the Indian Penal Code and also Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act and Information Technology Act, has filed the present petition for enlargement on default bail, in view of the dismissal of his petition for default bail in Crl. M.P. No. 94/2021 by the learned Sessions Judge, Magalir Neethimandram (Mahila Court), Coimbatore, vide order dated 2.7.2021.

2. Initially the case was registered on 24.2.19 in Crime No. 59/2019 by Pollachi Town Police Station, leading to the arrest of A-1 to A-4 and, thereafter, on 5.4.19 A-5 was arrested and the accused were remanded to judicial custody. Subsequent to the issuance of the notification by the Government of Tamil Nadu transferring the investigation to the respondent herein, the respondent herein took up the case on 16.4.19 and, thereafter, after initi