IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 24TH MAY 2011 / 3RD JYAISHTA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 3919 of 2011() ------------------------ Crime No. 317 of 2010 of Banashankari Police Station, Bangalore City, Karnataka PETITIONERS/ACCUSED ------------------- 1. LIJO SEBASTIAN, S/O.SEBASTIAN, AGED 30 YEARS, NADUVAKUNNEL HOUSE, NARIYANANI.P.O., PONKUNNAM. 2. SHEEJA LIJO, W/O. LIJO SEBASTIAN, AGED 24 YEARS, KARIMATTATHIL HOUSE, PEELIKKATHODE, KANJIRAPPALLY, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.JAMES ABRAHAM (VILAYAKATTU) RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KASABA POLICE STATION, KOZHIKODE. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.S. HRITHWIK THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24-05-2011, THE COURT ON 24/05/2011 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 3919 of 2011 ------------------------------- DATED: 24-05-2011 O R D E R Petitioners, who are the accused in Crime No. 317 of 2010 of Banashankari Police Station, Bangalore City, Karnataka (No. 3/101423/11 on the file of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Addl. III), Bangalore), for an offence punishable under Sec. 420 I.P.C. seek anticipatory bail. 2. Eventhough with regard to a case pending before a court located beyond the territorial limits of the State of Kerala, this Court has no jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail unless the petitioners are sought to be arrested within the limits of State of Kerala, in view of the decision Madhusoodan v. Superintendent of Police. (1992(2) KLT 83), appropriate orders can be passed to the police charged with the duty of executing the arrest warrant to grant bail to the petitioners and to ensure the presence of the petitioners before the court concerned located outside Kerala. The petitioners are, accordingly, directed to surrender before the 2nd respondent (S.I. of Police, Kasaba, Kozhikode) and each of the petitioners execute a bond for ` Bail A.No. 3919 of 2011 -:2:- 15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the Officer concerned in the event of their arrest by the said Police pursuant to the warrant issued by the trial court on their undertaking that they shall surrender before the trial court on or before 27-06-2011. Dated this the 24th day of May, 2011. Sd/-V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE /true copy/ P.S. to Judge