BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 22.01.2026 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI Anvar Batcha @ Anwar Basha ... Petitioner Vs.

The State of Tamilnadu represented by The Inspector of Police, Aranthangi Police Station, Pudukkottai District.

(Crime No.459 of 2018) ... Respondent PRAYER : Petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 to direct the learned Sub Court, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai District to consider and pass orders on same day at the time of surrender of the petitioner the petition filed u/S. 70(2) Cr.P.C. / 74(2) BNSS for recalling the Non-Bailable Warrant issued in SC No. 121 of 2022 on the file of the learned Sub Court, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai District.

For Petitioner : Mr. D. Arun Kumar For Respondent : Mr. M. Sakthi Kumar Government Advocate (Crl.)

ORDER

PROLOGUE

1. The criminal process is not merely a mechanism for securing convictions, but a constitutional instrument for balancing the competing imperatives of societal order, victim justice, and individual liberty. While the presence of an accused before the trial Court is indispensable for the orderly progress of criminal proceedings, coercive processes such as Non-Bailable Warrants are n