IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN FRIDAY, THE 13TH MAY 2011 / 23RD VAISAKHA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 3705 of 2011 -------------------------------------- [CRIME NO.212/2011 OF TOWN POLICE STATION, KOZHIKODE] ............. PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ---------------------------------- ADV.P.J.MANUEL, AGED 51, S/O JOSEPH, PALLATH HOUSE, THAMMANAM, POONITHURA VILLAGE, ERNAKULAM. BY ADVS. SRI.K.S.MADHUSOODANAN, SRI.T.V.JAYAKUMAR NAMBOODIRI, SRI.THUSHAR NIRMAL SARATHY, SRI.M.M.VINOD KUMAR, SRI.P.K.RAKESH KUMAR, SMT.M.A.RUXANA. RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & FORMAL PARTY: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA TO BE REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. 2. STATION HOUSE OFFICER, TOWN POLICE STATION, KOZHIKODE-673 001. R1 & R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT. MEERA.K. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/05/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, J. ----------------------------------- B.A. No. 3705 OF 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of May, 2011 ORDER Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.212/2011 of Town Police Station, Kozhikode. It was registered under Section 153(B) of IPC read with Section 120 (d) of Kerala Police Act. This application is for pre-arrest bail. 2. The allegation is that the petitioner caused to affix the poster at the compound wall of District Library, Kozhikode exhorting people to boycott the assembly election. The election is already over. 3. I have heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor and also gone through the available records. Considering all the aspects the following directions are issued. 3. The petitioner shall surrender before the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kozhikode within 10 days from today and will apply for regular bail. The learned Magistrate will dispose of the bail application on the same day. In the meanwhile if B.A.No3705/11 2 the petitioner is arrested he shall be released on bail on his executing a bond for Rs.10,000/- with two solvent sureties for the like sum. If in case the Magistrate has doubt about the genuineness or correctness of the tax receipts produced by the sureties, the learned Magistrate can insist for production of the attested photo copies of the original title deeds of the sureties. N.K. BALAKRISHNAN, JUDGE acd B.A.No3705/11 3