350 habitual offenders sign peace bonds

Coimbatore: As many as 350 miscreants have signed peace bonds with the city police under Section 110 of the code of criminal procedure stating that they will not commit crimes. If they breach the bonds, they will be sent to jail for one year, police sources said.
Twin brothers S Ramesh and S Suresh of North Housing Unit at Selvapuram, who were facing 16 cases including theft and assault, had given a bond before deputy commissioner of police (law&order) L Balaji Saravanan on August 17. As per the bond, the accused should not involve in any crime for a year and any involvement would be treated as breaching of the bond and punishable by jail term. The very next day, the 23-year-old men were involved in an attempt to murder case and were arrested by Selvapuram police. They were lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison. On August 29, the duo was produced before the deputy commissioner, who conducted a trial in his chamber and ordered to remand the brothers for 355 days for breaching the bond.
Vinodh of Ammankulam, a history-sheeter, who was facing a murder charge, three attempts to murder charges, one explosive case and five cases for causing injury, had signed the bond before the DCP on March 28. He was arrested on April 28 for attacking a man at Puliyakulam. After he came out on bail, he was produced before the DCP, who conducted a trial and ordered to remand him for 313 days. Vinodh has been lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison till March 27, 2020.
Detention has created fear among the rowdy elements and as a result, crimes have come down drastically, Saravanan said. “We have got peace bonds from more than 350 habitual offenders including rowdies. They are being closely monitored by police teams.”
Thanks to the peace bond, criminal activities have come down at Puliyakulam, Ammankulam, Ramanathapuram, Rathinapuri and Moore Market, a police officer said. “Some of the close aids of Joswa, who was recently arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, has moved to other parts of the state. They know that if they breach the peace bond, they will land in jail.”