IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT TUESDAY, THE 29TH APRIL 2008 / 9TH VAISAKHA 1930 Bail Appl..No. 2539 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRMP.812/2008 of DISTRICT COURT, KOTTAYAM CRIME NO.114/08 OF ETTUMANOOR POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER --------------------------- RENJITH, S/O.REMESHAN, AGED 17 YEARS, RESIDING AT NEDUNTHARA HOUSE, ATHIRAMPUZHA P.O.,ATHIRAMPUZHA VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM REPRESENTED BY HIS FATHER CUM GUARDIAN, REMESHAN. BY ADV. SRI.JAISON PALIYIL RESPONDENTS: ------------- CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ETTUMANOOR REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. GIKKU JACOB. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R. BASANT, J. ------------------------------------------------- B.A. No. 2539 of 2008 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of April, 2008 ORDER Application for anticipatory bail. The petitioner – a juvenile, faces allegations in a crime registered alleging offences punishable, inter alia, under Sec.436 of the IPC. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The petitioner is admittedly a juvenile, he having not attained the age of 18 years on the date of the alleged crime. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner, in these circumstances, prays, the learned Public Prosecutor does not oppose the said prayer and I am satisfied that the petitioner herein can be granted anticipatory bail. In the absence of opposition from the learned Public Prosecutor, it is not necessary for me to advert to the facts in any greater detail in this order. Appropriate conditions can, of course, be imposed. B.A. No. 2539 of 2008 -: 2 :- 3. In the result, this petition is allowed. Following directions are issued under Sec.438 of the Cr.P.C: (i) The petitioner shall appear before the learned Magistrate having jurisdiction at 11 a.m. on 6/5/08. He shall be released on regular bail on his executing a bond for Rs.25,000/- with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate. (ii) The petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on 7/5/08 and thereafter as and when directed by the Investigating Officer in writing to do so. (iii) If the petitioner does not appear before the learned Magistrate as directed in clause (i), directions issued above shall thereafter stand revoked and the police shall be at liberty to arrest the petitioner and deal with him in accordance with law as if these directions were not issued at all. (iv) If the petitioner were arrested prior to his surrender on 6/5/08 as directed in clause (i) above, he shall be released on B.A. No. 2539 of 2008 -: 3 :- his executing a bond for Rs.25,000/- without any sureties undertaking to appear before the learned Magistrate on 6/5/08. (R. BASANT, JUDGE) Nan/