IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 25TH JANUARY 2007 / 5TH MAGHA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 319 of 2007() ---------------------------- Crime No.589/06 of Valappattanam Police Station PETITIONER: /ACCUSED NO.5 ------------------------------ JAGADEESH. K.K., AGED 30 YEARS, S/O. LATE A.K.RAMACHANDRAN NAMBIAR RAMALAYAM, P.O. EAAYANNUR, KOLOLAM, KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.SANTHOSHKUMAR RESPONDENT: /COMPLAINANT ------------------------- S.H.O., VALAPPATTANAM POLICE STATION REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SHRI. JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/01/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.Ramkumar, J. ======================== B.A.No.319 of 2007 ======================== Dated this the 25th day of January, 2007. ORDER Petitioner, who is the fifth accused in Crime No.589 of 2006 of Valapattanam police Station for offences punishable under Section 489B and Section 489C read with Section 34 I.P.C., seeks his enlargement on bail. The detection was on 6.12.2006 and the petitioner was arrested on the same day. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application. 3. The case of the prosecution is that on 6.12.2006 at about 3.40 a.m. the police party on getting credible information approached a Tata Sumo vehicle and a motor cycle parked near the Kattampally bridge. A1 to A5 were found inside the Tata Sumo vehicle and all of them were having counterfeit notes of 100 denominations in their possession. They were arrested on the spot and on production before the Magistrate they were remanded in custody where they continue. 4. It is too early to accept the petitioner's contention that he was not arrested from the Tata Sumo as alleged by the prosecution, but instead he was sitting in a Bar and that he has been falsely implicated BA 319/07 -: 2 :- in the case. The police are hotly probing into the ramifications of the racket and the source of the counterfeit notes. If during he course of the investigation, the petitioner is released on bail, it will adversely affect the smooth progress of the case. I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. This application is accordingly dismissed. V.Ramkumar, Judge. ess 25/1