JUDGMENT

This Criminal Appeal has been filed seeking orders to set aside the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.264 of 2025, dated 20.10.2025, on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (PoA) Act, Theni, dismissing the petition for bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that there existed money transaction between the appellant and the defacto complainant, due to which, on 14.09.2025 at about 6:00 p.m., the complainant allegedly called the accused to ask for repayment of the loan, during that conversation, the appellant along with his wife/A2 abused the defacto complainant in filthy language by using his caste name and also made criminal intimidation. On the basis of the complaint, a case in Crime No.258 of 2025 was registered by the respondent Police against the appellant and his wife/A2, for the offence under Sections 296(b), 351(2) of BNS and Sections 3(1) (r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2) (va) of SC/ST(POA)Act. The appellant is in judicial custody from 23.09.2025. The appellant filed a petition for bail in Crl.M.P.No.264 of 2025 and the same was dismissed by the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (PoA) Act, Theni, on 25.