The Supreme Court Monday granted anticipatory bail to Tamil Nadu MLA M Jagan Moorthy in the case of the alleged abduction of a teenager in the state’s Thiruvallur district, and said “the matter requires consideration.”
Issuing notice to the Tamil Nadu Police, the bench of Justices Manoj Mishra and N Kotiswar Singh directed, “In the meantime, if the petitioner is arrested in connection with FIR No.101/2025 registered at PS – Thiruvalangadu (renumbered as C.R. No.1/2025), he shall be released on personal bond of Rs.25,000/-, subject to the undertaking that he shall cooperate in the investigation and will not threaten the witnesses or tamper the evidence.”
Moorthy, the Kilvaithinankuppam AIADMK MLA, approached the top court after the Madras High Court dismissed his plea on June 27.
Appearing for him, Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra submitted, “There is no dispute that the abductee was recovered and not from the possession or control of the applicant.”
Luthra contended the legislator “has been implicated for malafide reasons by alleging that he had a hand in the abduction” and that “even assuming that the applicant interacted with one of the parties to the dispute, that may be considered for the purposes of settling the issue.” Luthra added, “In any event, no custodial interrogation is required.”
The Madras High Court also ordered the arrest of H M Jayaram, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Tamil Nadu, in the matter, but it was set aside by the Supreme Court.
Moorthy and Jayaram were “implicated” in the May 10 abduction of an 18-year-old boy in Thiruvallur. The boy was reportedly abducted by a group seeking information about his elder brother, who had married a young woman from Theni district against her family’s wishes.
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