IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 21ST JULY 2006 / 30TH ASHADHA,1928 Bail Appl..No. 4301 of 2006() ----------------------------- CRMP.2351/2006 of J.M.F.C., SASTHAMCOTTA (CRIME NO.172/2006 OF CHAVARA THEKKUMBHAGOM POLICE STATION) .................... PETITIONERS/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------- RAJESHKUMAR, PUTHEZHETHU KIZHAKKETHIL VEEDU, MALIBHAGOM, THEKKUMBHAGOM. BY ADV. SRI.T.S.HARIKUMAR SRI.K.JAGADEESH RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CHAVARA THEKKUMBHAGOM POLICE STATION, KOLLAM DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/07/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A.4301/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner approached this Court earlier, under Section 438 Cr.P.C. He was directed to surrender before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Sasthamcotta. Accordingly, on 5.7.2006, he surrendered and the learned Magistrate remanded him. He remains in judicial custody, as per the order of the learned Magistrate. Hence the petitioner is before this Court under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. I heard the learned Public Prosecutor as well as the counsel for the petitioner. I had also gone through the records, including the wound certificate. The petitioner stabbed the injured with a knife, causing a penetrating injury on the right side of the chest. Hence the offece, under Sections 307 and 294(b) IPC. 3. As the investigating officer had not required the petitioner for further interrogation and the petitioner remains in judicial custody, on remand by the Court below, together with the fact that the investigation is nearly B.A.4301/2006 2 complete in respect of the petitioner, I grant bail and release the petitioner from jail, subject to the following conditions:- (a). The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Sasthamcotta. (b). The petitioner shall report before the investigation officer, once in a week, on every Thursday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period two months, starting from 27.7.2006. (c). The petitioner shall not leave the State of Kerala, till the final trial and disposal of the Sessions Case, without the prior permission of the trial Court. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs