IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN TUESDAY, THE 19TH MAY 2009 / 29TH VAISAKHA 1931 Bail Appl..No. 2143 of 2009 -------------------------------------- (CRIME NO. 278/2008 OF THE KASARAGOD POLICE STATION) ........ PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.5: ------------------------------------------ MOHAMMED RAFI M.K., S/O.MUTHUKOYA THANGAL, KARAMBALA HOUSE, CHETTUMKUZHI, P.O.HIDAYATH NAGAR, KASARAGOD. BY ADV. MR.SUNNY MATHEW. RESPONDENT/ COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, THROUGH THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KASARAGOD POLICE STATION, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR. JIKKU JACOB. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/05/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. P.S GOPINATHAN, J. -------------------------------------- B.A. No.2143 of 2009 -------------------------------------- Dated: MAY 19, 2009 ORDER Petitioner is the 5th accused (now it is reported from the Bar that the petitioner is the 9th accused) in Crime No.278 of 2008 of Kasaragod Police Station for offences under sections 143, 147, 148, 341, 323, 324, 302, 153(A) and 120(B) read with sec.149 IPC. The petitioner surrendered before the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kasaragod on 11.3.2009. He was remanded to judicial custody. His application for bail was dismissed and an earlier petition before this Court as BA No.1806 of 2009 was also dismissed. Now this is the second round of petition before this court. 2. Today when the petition came up for hearing it is revealed that the 5th accused was granted bail by another Bench of this Court. In the circumstances I see no reason to deny the request. 3. In the result this petition is allowed. It is ordered that B.A. No.2143 of 2009 2 the petitioner shall be released on bail on executing a bond for Rs.25000/- (twenty five thousand only) with two solvent sureties to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kasaragod on the following conditions: i) The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer on every Monday and Thursday at 10 a.m. ii) The petitioner shall not enter the limits of the Station House Officer of Kasaragod except for reporting before the Investigating Officer. iii) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. P.S GOPINATHAN, JUDGE mt/-