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The Madras High Court has granted bail to YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar, 50, successful an attempt-to-murder lawsuit registered against him aft helium allegedly pelted stones astatine the escort constabulary unit who accompanied him to Chennai pursuant to his apprehension successful Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, connected April 8, 2026.
Justice L. Victoria Gowri granted the alleviation connected the condiition that the petitioner, aft his merchandise from prison, indispensable look earlier the Inspector of Puzhal constabulary presumption each time until further orders. He was further directed to cooperate with the probe and look for constabulary enquiry arsenic and erstwhile required.
Habeas corpus petition
In the meantime, a summertime abrogation Bench comprising Justices Gowri and N. Senthilkumar besides ordered notice, returnable by a week, to the Greater Chennai City Police connected a habeas corpus petition (HCP) filed by Mr. Shankar’s nephew D. Bharath, 26, challenging his uncle’s preventive detention nether the Goondas Act.
The HCP would beryllium listed for proceeding earlier the adjacent abrogation Bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan connected May 20, 2026. The Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police passed the detention bid connected April 9, 2026, connected the ground of the attempt-to-murder lawsuit and different transgression cases pending against him.
However, successful his bail application, Mr. Shankar had denied the occurrence of the stone-pelting incidental wrong the jurisdiction of the Puzhal constabulary connected April 8. He accused the constabulary of having cooked up a “concocted story” to found disturbance to nationalist bid and consequently invoke the preventive detention instrumentality against him.
What is the lawsuit about?
According to the prosecution, Mr. Shankar was arrested successful Ongole for not having surrendered astatine the Puzhal cardinal situation adjacent aft the expiry of his bail play successful different transgression case. A peculiar constabulary squad had secured him astatine Ongole aft a agelong pursuit and brought him to Chennai by roadworthy connected April 8.
Since helium was a diabetic, helium requested them to halt the conveyance connected the mode for a idiosyncratic break, truthful the constabulary halted the conveyance adjacent Kavankarai successful Puzhal. The different 4 accused – K. Malathi, S. Gopinath, Praveen, and Raju – had followed the constabulary conveyance each the mode from Ongole.
Suddenly, each 5 accused assembled connected the road, picked up a quarrel with the constabulary personnel, abused them utilizing obscene words, and began pelting stones astatine them, thereby creating disturbance to nationalist order. Hence, the Puzhal constabulary had registered the attempt-to-murder lawsuit against them and sent them to judicial custody.
The FIR had been registered nether Sections 296(b) (uttering obscene words), 125 (indulging successful acts endangering the idiosyncratic information of others), 132 (using transgression unit to deter nationalist servant), 109(1) (attempt to murder), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
