IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST MARCH 2007 / 30TH PHALGUNA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 1653 of 2007() ----------------------------- CRIME NO. 719 OF 2006 0F KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION PETITIONER/3RD ACCUSED --------------------------------------- SULFIKKAR, S/O.ALIYAR, AGED 21 YEARS, KAKKATTUKUDY HOUSE, NELLIKKUZHI KARA, ERAMALLOOR VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.MANOJ P.KUNJACHAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. JAI GOERGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/03/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 1653 of 2007 ------------------------------- DATED: 21-03-2007 O R D E R Petitioner who is the 3rd accused in Crime No. 719 of 2006 of Kothamangalam Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 364 A and 368 read with Sec. 34 I.P.C., seeks his enlargement on bail. He was arrested on 2-2-2007. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application. 3. The case of the prosecution is that on 10-11-2006 at about 8.30 a.m. the de facto complainant an Ayurvedic physician was abducted in a car on the pretext of taking him to treat the grandfather of the first accused and he was then wrongfully detained and a sum of Rs. 3,50,000/- was extracted from him by way of ransom. The petitioner was the mastermind behind the operation and he was the person who identified the wife of the de facto complainant who came with the ransom money. The petitioner is also alleged to be involved in another abduction case involving same offences. Having regard to the antecedents and the proclivity of the petitioner in this case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail. This application is accordingly dismissed . V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. ani