IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.P.BALACHANDRAN FRIDAY, THE 4TH MAY 2007 / 14TH VAISAKHA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 2693 of 2007 ------------------------------------ CRIME NO. 66/2007 OF THE SREEKRISHNAPURAM POLICE STATION CRMP.1253/2007 of DISTRICT COURT, PALAKKAD .................... PETITIONERS/ACCUSED ------------------------------------ 1. LAKSHMIKUTTY, D/O.LATE KUTTAPPA MOOTHAN, VETTAYIL VEEDU, MANNAMPATTA, SREEKRISHNAPURAM, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. 2. RADHIKA, D/O.LAKSHMIKUTTY, VETTAYIL VEEDU, MANNAMPATTA, SREEKRISHNAPURAM, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.BABU S. NAIR RESPONDENTS: STATE ------------------------------- THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SREEKRISHNAPURAM POLICE STATION, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-31. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. P.A.SALIM THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.P.Balachandran, J. ------------------------------------ B.A.No. 2693 of 2007 ------------------------------------ ORDER This is an application for anticipatory bail filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. 2. The petitioners are mother and daughter and they are accused in Crime No.66/07 of Sreekrishnapuram Police station, registered for offence under Section 326 IPC read with Section 34 thereof. The crime was being registered on a complaint made by one Unnikrishnan, who is none other than the brother of the first petitioner. Considering the entire circumstances of the case, I am of the view that the petitioners, who are close relatives of the defacto complainant, are to be granted anticipatory bail, imposing necessary conditions. In the result, I allow this bail application and direct that: BA 2693/07 2 (i) the petitioners do surrender before the learned Magistrate concerned positively within fifteen days from today; (ii) that on such surrender and on each of them depositing, by way of cash security, an amount of Rupees five thousand and executing bail bond for Rupees twenty thousand with two solvent sureties each for like sums to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, the petitioners shall be enlarged on bail; (iii) that on such release the petitioners shall co-operate with the investigation in the case and shall report before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Tuesdays and Fridays for a period of two months and thereafter on all Tuesdays only, till the investigation in the case is over and final report is laid; and (iv) that the grant of anticipatory bail shall not stand in the way of the learned Magistrate granting custody of the petitioners to the BA 2693/07 3 Investigating Officer for questioning, if the Investigating Agency so asks for and the learned Magistrate deems it fit to grant, considering the circumstances of the case. 4th May, 2007 (K.P.Balachandran, Judge) tkv