IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT THURSDAY, THE 31ST JANUARY 2008 / 11TH MAGHA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 628 of 2008() ---------------------------- O.R.NO.1/2008 OF THALIPARAMBA FOREST RANGE : PETITIONERS/ACCUSED ---------------------------- 1. SOMAN P.S, S/O.SANKARAN, AGED 48 YEARS IDINHAKUNNIL HOUSE, KUTTIKKOL P.O. THALIPARAMBA AMSOM, KOOVODE DESOM KANNUR DISTRICT. 2. MATHEW THAZHATHUKUNNEL, S/O.JOSEPH, AGED 63 YEARS THALIPARAMBA AMSOM,TRICHAMBARAM DESOM THALIPARAMBA TALUK, KANNUR DISTRICT. 3. K.NARAYANAN S/O.CHAVINIYAN, AGED 51 YEARS KALLEL HOUSE, KUTTIKKOL, THALIPARAMBA TALUK, KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SUNIL NAIR PALAKKAT SRI.K.N.ABHILASH RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: ------------- THE STATE OF KERALA REP. BY THE FOREST RANGE OFFICER THALIPARAMBA FOREST RANGE OFFICE THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OF KERALA HIGH COURT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.S.U.NAZER THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT, J. ---------------------- B.A.No.628 of 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of January 2008 O R D E R Application for regular bail. The learned counsel for the petitioner, at the first instance, submits that he is not pressing the claim for regular bail for petitioners 2 and 3 as he has come to know that they had earlier moved for regular bail from this court and have been granted regular bail by this court. This petition is, in these circumstances, reckoned as a bail application of the first petitioner, that is the first accused in the crime. The crux of the allegations against the petitioner is that he, along with the co-accused, was found to be in possession of 30 gms of snake venom unauthorisedly and in violation of the provisions of the Wild Life Protection Act. The petitioner remains in custody from 01/01/2008. The co-accused have already been granted regular bail. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner prays, the learned Public Prosecutor does not oppose the said prayer and I am satisfied that regular bail can be granted to the petitioner subject to appropriate conditions. B.A.No.628/08 2 3. In the result, this petition is allowed. The petitioner shall be released on bail on the following terms and conditions: i) He shall execute a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate. ii) The petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation before the investigating officer between 10 a.m and 12 noon on all Mondays and Fridays, for a period of three months and thereafter as and when directed by the investigating officer in writing to do so. (R.BASANT, JUDGE) jsr B.A.No.628/08 3 B.A.No.628/08 4 R.BASANT, J. CRL.M.CNo. ORDER 21ST DAY OF MAY2007