JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of the arrest by the respondent police in Crime No.829 of 2021 on the file of the respondent police seeks Interstate anticipatory bail.)

1. The petitioner, who apprehends arrest at the hands of the respondent-Police for the alleged offences under Sections 417, 420, 120-B IPC, in Crime No.829 of 2021, on the file of the respondent-Police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The petitioner, who had been accused of non-bailable offences committed beyond the territorial jurisdiction limit of the State of Tamil Nadu, had approached this Court for Anticipatory Bail, so as to enable him to approach the appropriate Court.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the main accused and de-facto complainant belong to the same community. It is alleged that the petitioner along with other accused, have shown fake purchase order for supply of CT cables to Railway worth about Rs.2.28 Crores. Based on that purchase order, they have sought financial help from the 3rd respondent. The 3rd respondent’s brother had extended the financial help, based on f