IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN FRIDAY, THE 26TH AUGUST 2011 / 4TH BHADRA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 6348 of 2011() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.380/2011 OF ARYANCODE POLICE STATION PETITIONER: ------------------------ VINOD,S/O.VIJAYAN,SETTELEMENT COLONY, KAVALLOOR,ANAVOOR.P.O,NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.NARAYANAN RESPONDENT: --------------- STATION HOUSE OFFICER,ARYANCODE POLICE STATION,REP;BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR: ADV.SRI.V.MANU THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 26/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------------------------- Bail Appln.No.6348 of 2011 ---------------------------------------------- Dated this the 26th day of August, 2011 ORDER This is an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.380 of 2011 of Aryancode Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. 2. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 498-A and 304-B of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The wife of the petitioner committed suicide. The allegation is that the petitioner committed the offences under Sections 498-A and 304-B of the Indian Penal Code which drove the wife of the petitioner to commit suicide. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. I have also perused the case diary. 5. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I do not think that the petitioner is entitled to get the Bail Appln.No.6348/2011 : 2 : discretionary relief under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The matter requires investigation. Custodial interrogation of the petitioner may be required in the case. If anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, it would adversely affect the proper and smooth investigation of the case. For the aforesaid reasons, the Bail Application is dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE skj