The Principal District and Sessions Court, Chengalpattu, has dismissed the bail petition of a 20-year-old accused in a case involving the alleged abduction and murder of Niyamat Ali from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, whose body is yet to be recovered.
The order was passed on December 18, 2025, by Principal District and Sessions Judge Thiru T. Chandrasekaran while hearing Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No.3240 of 2025, arising out of Crime No.204 of 2025 registered at Kilampakkam Police Station, Tamil Nadu.
The petitioners in the case were Mohammed Ayaan (19) and Mohammed Sufyan (20), who are facing charges under Sections 103(1) (man missing) and 238(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. The bail plea was filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
According to the prosecution, the defacto complainant and her husband, the victim, are residents of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The victim was engaged in the hotel business and had entered into a partnership with one Muntaqueem Ahmed. The court was informed that Muntaqueem Ahmed later relinquished his share in the partnership to the victim, following which a monetary dispute arose between the parties.
The prosecution further stated that when the victim arrived in Chennai by air in connection with the dispute, he went missing and his mobile phones were found switched off. Based on the complaint, a missing case was initially registered at the Airport Police Station under Crime No.36 of 2025. The case was later transferred to Kilampakkam Police Station on jurisdictional grounds and re-registered as Crime No.204 of 2025.
Court records revealed that when the bail petition came up for hearing earlier on November 13, 2025, the plea filed by the first petitioner was dismissed as he had been detained under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The bail petition of the second petitioner was adjourned and taken up for final hearing on December 18.
During the hearing, counsel for the second petitioner submitted that the accused had been arrested and remanded to judicial custody on October 4, 2025, and had been in custody for over 76 days. The defence argued that the accused was willing to comply with any conditions imposed by the court and sought his release on bail.
However, the Public Prosecutor strongly opposed the bail, alleging that the accused, along with others, had abducted the victim due to business enmity, murdered him, and disposed of the body by throwing it into a river in Odisha. The prosecution emphasised that the body of the deceased has not yet been recovered and that the investigation remains incomplete.
After hearing both sides and examining the case records, the court observed that the allegations indicated a grave offence involving murder motivated by business rivalry. Taking note of the seriousness of the charges, the non-recovery of the body, and the ongoing investigation, the court held that it was not inclined to grant bail to the second petitioner and dismissed the petition.
The investigation into the case is continuing.
