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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 31510

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.VADAMALAI, J
S.G.Surya – Appellant
Versus
State through The Inspector of Police, CCD-III, Madurai City. – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.Anantha Padmanaban Senior Counsel for M/s.APN Law Associates
For the Respondents:Mr.M.Vaikkam Karunanithi Government Advocate (Crl.side)

Table of Content
1. description of the facts leading to the case. (Para 4)
2. arguments presented by both parties regarding interim custody. (Para 5 , 7)
3. court's observations concerning the necessity of custody and device preservation. (Para 8 , 9 , 11)
4. cited legal standards for returning seized property. (Para 10)
5. final ruling allowing interim custody with conditions. (Para 12)

ORDER

This Criminal Revision Case is directed against the order, dated

01.02.2024 passed in Crl.M.P.No.4211 of 2024 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.1, Madurai and to grant interim custody of electronic equipments seized in this case to the petitioner.

2.The brief facts of the case:

The revision petitioner is a senior member of Bharathiya Janata Party and he is functioning as its secretary of Tamil Nadu in respect of the Information and Technology Wing. It is alleged that the revision petitioner posted an offensive tweet message through electronic media on 10.06.2023 mentioning that a councilor of the Marxist Communist party of Pennadam Town Panchayat asked a sanitary worker, belonging to the scheduled community, to clean the gutter in his ward which resulted the death of the sanitary worker

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