IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT TUESDAY, THE 23RD OCTOBER 2007 / 1ST KARTHIKA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 6367 of 2007() ----------------------------- CR.NO.139/CR/KTM/07 OF CRIME BRANCH CID IDUKKI. PETITIONER : APPLICANT/ACCUSED NO.3 --------------------------------------- M.K. USHADEVI, AGED 52 YEARS, D/O. LATE KRISHNA PILLAI, SREE NILAYAM, KIDANGOOR SOUTH P.O., KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.SANJAY SRI.BIJU MEENATTOOR RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE DETECTIVE INSPECTOR, CRIME BRANCH CID, IDUKKI DISTRICT, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY D.G.P. SRI. P.G. THAMPI. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R. BASANT, J. ------------------------------------------------- B.A. No. 6367 OF 2007 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of October, 2007 ORDER The petitioner apprehends arrest in a crime initially registered at the Santhanpara Police Station which was later enquired into by the Vigilance Department and the subsequent investigation is being conducted by the Crime Branch CID who re-registered the same as Crime No.139/CR/KTM/07. The petitioner was working as Village Officer of Chinnakkanal. The petitioner apprehends that she may be unnecessarily brought into the array of accused and vexed by undeserved arrest and detention. 2. Notice was given to the learned Public Prosecutor. The learned Director General of Prosecutions appears and submits that at the moment the petitioner is not arrayed as an accused and there is no intention whatsoever to arrest the B.A. No. 6367 OF 2007 -: 2 :- petitioner. If at any later stage the Investigator feels that the arrest of the petitioner is necessary, necessary notice shall be given to the petitioner sufficiently in advance. In these circumstances, this petition may now be dismissed, submits the learned D.G.P. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner accepts the same; but requests that the said undertaking may be recorded and it may be made obligatory that sufficient prior notice must be given to the petitioner if there is any such intended arrest later so that the petitioner can again approach this Court in due time. The submission of the learned D.G.P. is taken note of and recorded. The same is accepted. The apprehension of the petitioner is, in these circumstances, found to be without any merit. 4. This bail application is, in these circumstances, dismissed. Sd/- (R. BASANT, JUDGE) Nan/ //true copy// P.S. to Judge