‘Jana Nayagan’ leak case: 1.2 crore individuals watched Vijay-starrer on-line, Chennai police inform Madras Excessive Courtroom

The Madras Excessive Courtroom on Thursday (July 2, 2026) refused to grant bail to 2 of the 21 accused in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan leak case, after being instructed by the prosecution that as many as 1.2 crore individuals had watched the film on-line even earlier than it might be licensed for public exhibition by the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) and launched formally.

Justice C. Kumarappan dismissed the bail petitions filed by the fourth accused S. Rajini and 11^th accused Jayaprakash after paying attention to the intense cost that the primary petitioner’s brother, who was a contract movie editor and the prime accused within the case, had stolen the film clips in a tough drive from an edit suite and thereafter, the film had been uploaded in full to Google drive.

A authorities counsel instructed the courtroom that the prime accused and two of his brothers have been instrumental in clubbing all of the disjointed film clips into one earlier than importing them on Google drive, from the place it had discovered its method to piracy web sites akin to Tamil Rockers and others, resulting in a whopping 1.2 crore individuals having watched the uncertified film till it was blocked.

The movie’s producers KVN Productions had filed a civil swimsuit within the Excessive Courtroom and obtained an interim injunction order restraining all Web Service Suppliers within the nation from allowing their platforms for use for the unauthorised exhibition of the film.

The counsel additionally instructed the courtroom that two of the accused concerned within the case have been absconding and their arrest was important to unearth the monetary transactions that had taken place behind the crime. Although the fourth accused was apprehended in April and the 11^th accused was arrested final month, their continued incarceration was completely essential, he mentioned.

The prosecution feared that the petitioners would possibly find yourself tampering with the proof and witnesses in the event that they have been set free on bail solely in view of their extended incarceration. It additionally acknowledged solely a preliminary cost sheet had been filed earlier than the trial courtroom to date, and that the police have been but to finish the investigation in full earlier than submitting the ultimate cost sheet.