IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN FRIDAY, THE 29TH MAY 2009 / 8TH JYAISHTA 1931 Bail Appl..No. 2745 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.117/2009 OF PERUNADU POLICE STATION PETITIONER/ACCUSED : ---------------------------------- MURALEEDHARAN K.S., AGED 40 YEARS, S/O. SATYAVRIDAN, MAZHAVANCHERIL HOUSE, PAZHUVANGADY VILLAGE, RANNY TALUK, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.T.BALAN RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT. --------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S.SIVAKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 29/05/2009, ALONG WITH B.A.NO.2793 OF 2009 AND OTHERS, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. ----------------------------------- B.A.Nos.2745 of 2009, 2793 of 2009, 2794 of 2009 & 2796 of 2009 ------------------------------------ Dated this the 29th day of May, 2009 ORDER The petitioner in all these four bail applications is the same person. He is accused No.3 in crime No.117 of 2009 of Perunad Police Station, the third accused in crime No.113 of 2009 of Manimala Police Station, the third accused in crime No.16 of 2009 of Ramapuram Police Station and third accused in crime No.48 of 2009 of Kuravilangadu Police Station. 2. The offences alleged against the petitioner in all the cases are under Sections 457 and 380 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Except in crime No.48 of 2009, in all other cases, there are three accused persons and all the three accused persons are the same persons. In crime No.48 of 2009 of Kuravilangad Police Station, there are four accused persons of which three including the petitioner are the same persons who are involved in the other cases. 3. The prosecution case in crime No.117 of 2009 is that the accused committed lurking house trespass and committed theft of 166 kgms, of rubber sheets. The petitioner was arrested on 10.4.2009. In BA No.2794/09 & conn. 2 crime No.113 of 2009, the allegation is that the accused persons committed theft of several articles from CSI Church at Manimala. The petitioner was arrested in that case on 24.4.2009. The allegation in crime No.16 of 2009 is that the accused persons committed theft of several valuable articles valued at Rs.10,000/- from Sree Krishna Swami Temple, Kurinji. The petitioner was formally arrested on 22.5.2009. The allegation in crime No.48 of 2009 is that accused persons committed theft of articles worth Rs.93,000/- from Narasimha Swami Temple at Kuravilangad. Formal arrest of the petitioner was recorded on 6.5.2009. The facts stated above would disclose that the petitioner is involved in several cases involving similar offences of lurking house trespass and theft. If the petitioner is released on bail at this stage, it would seriously affect the investigation in the cases. The learned public prosecutor is right in his submission that it is not safe to release the accused at this stage. The applications are accordingly dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE csl