Madras High Court on station bail, FIR sections and PMLA joint trial in two Tamil Nadu cases
On 4 August 2026, the Madras High Court dealt with Udhayanidhi Stalin’s arrest-related bail and separately upheld the Thoothukudi trial in Anitha Radhakrishnan’s disproportionate assets case.
Key highlights
Direct fact
On 4 August 2026, the Madras High Court at Chennai dealt with two Tamil Nadu criminal-law matters: Udhayanidhi Stalin’s station-bail release after questioning in Thanjavur, and the ED’s failed attempt to shift Anitha R. Radhakrishnan’s disproportionate assets case from Thoothukudi to Madurai.
Key specifics
- Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan recorded the Advocate General Vijay Narayan’s submission that Thanjavur police would not remand Udhayanidhi Stalin in judicial custody.
- The FIR against Udhayanidhi cited Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 61, 79, 192, 196, 296(b), 351(2) and 352, plus Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act and Section 67 of the IT Act, 2000.
- The complaint was lodged by TVK women’s wing office-bearer Bairavi Sankar after a public speech in Thanjavur linked to a Cauvery water demonstration by the DMK.
- In the second case, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan relied on Section 44(1)(c) of the PMLA, 2002.
- The DVAC case against former Minister Anitha R. Radhakrishnan involved alleged unexplained assets worth ₹2.68 crore, with 79 witnesses and 312 exhibits examined by the prosecution.
Exam lens
Polity and law match-the-following: station bail, FIR sections, PMLA Section 44(1)(c), and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act are all TNPSC-relevant legal facts; remember the dates 4 August 2026 and the courts at Chennai, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi and Madurai.