IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH JULY 2011 / 22ND ASHADHA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 5496 of 2011() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.544/2011 OF VATANAPPALLY POLICE STATION, THRISSUR PETITIONER/ACCUSED : ------------------------- SHOUKKATH ALI,S/O.HAMSA,PANIKKAVEETIL HOUSE,VATANAPILLY,CHILANKA BEACH,CHAVAKKAD TALUK, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.RAJIT RESPONDENT(S): --------------- STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.V.MANU THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------- B.A.No.5496 of 2011 --------------------------- Dated this the 13th day of July, 2011 O R D E R This is an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.544 of 2011 of Vatanappally Police Station, Thrissur. 2. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 326 and 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The allegation is that the petitioner hit on the head of the de facto complainant with a weapon, thereby causing the injury of “depressed fracture on temporal bone”. The injury is a grievous injury. 4. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are grave in nature. The injury sustained is also serious. BA 5496/2011 2 In a case of this nature, it is not proper to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. If anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, it would adversely affect the smooth investigation of the case. For the aforesaid reasons, the Bail Application is dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN JUDGE csl