IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN TUESDAY, THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 5TH ASWINA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 7720 of 2011() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.1114/2011 OF CHANGANASSERY POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: --------------------------- NISSANTH, S/O.RAJAN, WATER TANK STREET, NEAR PERUVILLAI SCHOOL, NAGARKOVIL, TAMIL NADU. BY ADV. SRI.K.S.ARUN KUMAR SMT.M.N.MAYA RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT: --------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.V.MANU THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------- B.A.No.7720 of 2011 --------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of September, 2011 O R D E R This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.1114 of 2011 of Changanassery Police Station. 2. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The prosecution case is that on 21.7.2011 by about 10 A.M., the petitioner snatched the gold chain of the de facto complainant at Changanassery town. The de facto complainant made a hue and cry. The people of the locality caught hold of the petitioner and the police was informed. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the gold chain was recovered from the possession of the petitioner. The petitioner was arrested on 21.7.2011 and he was remanded to judicial custody. 4. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that after BA 7720/11 2 completing the investigation, charge sheet was filed on 15.8.2011 and the case is now pending as C.C.No.443 of 2011 on the file of the court of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Changanassery. 5. The offence was allegedly committed in a broad day light. The de facto complainant, a woman, had come to the town for purchasing articles. Her gold chain was snatched. It is submitted that the petitioner belongs to Tamil Nadu and if he is released on bail, there is every chance of absconding and making himself scarce. 6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Charge sheet has been filed. The Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Changanassery shall expedite the trial of the case. For the aforesaid reasons, the Bail Application is dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN JUDGE csl