IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE K.HEMA WEDNESDAY, THE 25TH JUNE 2008 / 4TH ASHADHA 1930 Bail Appl..No. 4022 of 2008() ----------------------------- CMP.2107/2008 IN CRIME NO.229/07 OF MANANTHAVADY POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER : ACCUSED NO.4 --------------------------- M.D.ISMAIL, AGED 44 YEARS S/O. IBRAHIM, MUNDAMANGALAM HOUSE THEKKIL FERI P.O., BEVINCHA, KASARGODE DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.V.ASOKAN SRI.P.P.RAMACHANDRAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA (S.H.O.MANANTHAVADY POLICE STATION) REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. CBCID, KOZHIKODE (CRIME NO.184/08) REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.HEMA, J. ------------------------------------------- B.A.No.4022 of 2008 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 25th day of June, 2008 ORDER This petition is for bail. 2. The alleged offences are under Sections 489(B) and (C) of IPC. Petitioner is the 4th accused in the crime. The allegation is that he supplied fake currency notes to the first accused. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is totally innocent of the allegations made. The alleged incident happened on 17.5.2007. But, a report implicating the 4th accused in the crime was filed only on 6.5.2008, after a period of about one year. The petitioner is in custody from that day onwards and he is not required for any investigation, it is submitted. 4. This petition is opposed. It is submitted that the information regarding the involvement of the petitioner is received by the police only at a late stage when one witness was questioned and hence, he was brought into the array of the accused only later. The source of the fake currency notes is to BA No.4022/08 2 be investigated into and the petitioner may not be possible to get the details. 5. I am satisfied of the submissions made and I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The petition is dismissed. K.HEMA, JUDGE csl