Criminal Lawyers in Chennai | Bail & FIR Quashing
Criminal defence · Chennai

Criminal lawyers in Chennai: from the first summons to the last hearing

Criminal matters are decided by what happens early. The first statement, the first bail application, the decision whether to attend a summons alone: these shape everything that follows.

Quick answer

We act in bail and anticipatory bail, FIR and chargesheet quashing, cheque bounce, cyber crime, economic offences and trial defence, before the Magistrates, Sessions Courts and the Madras High Court.

If someone has been arrested, call rather than email. Bail applications can often be moved the same day.

Procedure: the stages where cases are won

Most of the value in criminal defence is delivered before trial. Getting bail, keeping someone out of custody, and ending a case that should never have been registered are worth more than any argument made three years later.

Bail. Applications before the Magistrate, Sessions Court and High Court, moved as quickly as listing allows.Anticipatory bail. Protection applied for before arrest, under Section 482 BNSS.FIR and chargesheet quashing. Before the Madras High Court, where no offence is disclosed or the parties have settled.Registration of FIR. For complainants whose complaints are not being registered.Criminal trial and procedure. The stages, and where a defence is actually built.

Financial and cyber offences

A large part of our criminal work involves money rather than violence, and these cases turn on documents, timelines and forensic detail.

Cheque bounce (Section 138). For payees enforcing and drawers defending. The deadlines decide these cases.Economic offences and financial fraud. EOW, CBI and PMLA matters, including attachment and summons strategy.Cyber crime. Online fraud, identity theft and sextortion. Report within hours, not days.White collar defence. For directors and executives facing personal liability for corporate conduct.

Offences against person and property

Defence work across the range of BNS offences, and complaints where you are the person wronged.

Cheating and criminal breach of trust. Including the many commercial disputes wrongly recast as crimes.Forgery and false documents. Handwriting evidence and forged property documents.Extortion. Threats and demands, including online sextortion and loan-app harassment.Robbery and dacoity. Identification and recovery evidence, and bail in serious property offences.Land grabbing. The criminal complaint and the civil suit, run together.Dowry and 498A. Genuine harassment prosecuted; blanket complaints scrutinised.
Do not attend a police station alone if you have been named in a cognizable case. What is recorded in that first statement is very difficult to unwind afterwards.
FAQs

Criminal defence: urgent questions

Can you help immediately if someone has been arrested?+

Yes. Call rather than email. With the FIR number and the police station we can assess the position and, in most cases, prepare a bail application the same day.

Is anticipatory bail possible before an FIR is registered?+

Yes, where there is a reasonable apprehension of arrest in a non-bailable offence. A registered FIR is not a precondition, though there must be more than a vague worry.

Can a criminal case be closed by settlement?+

Some offences are compoundable. For others, particularly matrimonial and commercial disputes, the route is a quash petition before the High Court after settlement.