IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 5TH ASWINA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 5689 of 2010() ------------------------------------------ O.R. NO.7/2010 OF MANNAMANGALAM FOREST STATION, THRISSUR DISTRICT. ...................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ BABY @ PAULOSE, AGED 47, S/O.THOMAS, MANNAMKUZHY HOUSE, MANNAMANGALAM VILLAGE, THRISSUR TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.C.A.ANOOP RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. DEPUTY RANGER, FOREST STATION, MANNAMANGALAM. R1 & R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.C.S. HRITHWIK. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/09/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: rs. V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------------------------- Bail Application No.5689 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 27th day of September, 2010 ORDER The petitioner, who is the sole accused in O.R.No.7/2010 of Mannamangalam Forest Station, Thrissur for an offence punishable under Section 29(1)(c)(iii) of Kerala Forest Act, 1961, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application. 3. Anticipatory bail cannot be granted in a case of this nature. But at the same time, I am inclined to permit the petitioner to surrender before the Investigating Officer for the purpose of interrogation and then to have his application for bail considered by the Magistrate having jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petitioner shall surrender before the investigating officer on 07/10/2010 or on 08/10/2010 for the purpose of interrogation and recovery of incriminating material, if any. The petitioner shall thereafter be produced before the Magistrate who on being satisfied that the petitioner has been interrogated by the police shall consider and dispose of his application for regular bail preferably on the same date on which it is filed. This petition is disposed of as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj