IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 11TH JUNE 2007 / 21ST JYAISHTA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 3464 of 2007() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.684/2005 OF VENJARAMOOD POLICE STATION PETITIONER/2ND ACCUSED ---------------------------------------- GOPAKUMAR, AGED 39 YEARS, S/O. SUKUMARAN NAIR, AVITTAM, KURIYATHEE, ANACHAL, KALAMACHAL POST, VAMANAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DIST. BY ADV. SRI.J.JAYAKUMAR RESPONDENTS: ------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTING S.H.O., VENJARAMOOD POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------- Bail Application No. 3464/2007 ----------------------------- Dated this 11th day of June, 2007 O R D E R The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail on the allegation that the Venjaramood police are at his heels in connection with Crime No.684/2005 registered for offences punishable under Sections 379, 419, 420, 465, 467, 486, 471 and 120B IPC. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner has not been arrayed as an accused in the case so far and that the petitioner is suspected to have obtained a loan of rupees Two Lakhs from the District Co-operative Bank, Thiruvananthapuram, after impersonating himself as Sharafudeen. The title holder of the property is offered as security and that the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is inevitable. Since the petitioner has not been made as an accused in the case, the apprehension of arrest and harassment entertained by the petitioner is unfounded. The investigating agency has every right to interrogate the B.A.No.3464/2007 2 petitioner as a person acquainted with the facts of the case within the meaning of Section 161(1) Cr.P.C. In case the petitioner is arrayed as an accused in the case, he shall be entitled to move the Magistrate for regular bail. With the above observation, this application is dismissed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE mrcs