IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 15TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 24TH KARTHIKA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 7480 of 2010() --------------------------------------------- C.C.NO.43/2010 ON THE FILE OF JFCM, TADPATRI, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT PETITIONER/ APPLICANT ---------------------------------------- AJAY JOSE K.I., AGED 43 YEARS, S/O.K.V.ISSAC, KURUMANCHERIL (KUNNEL) HOUSE, PALLURUTHY VILLAGE, MUNDANVELI P.O., KOCHI-7. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.BOSE SRI.VINOD MADHAVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THOPPUMPADI POLICE STATION, THOPPUMPADI. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No.7480 of 2010 ------------------------------- DATED: 15.11.2010 O R D E R Petitioner, who is the accused in C.C. No.43 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Tadpatri, Anantapur District, Andra Pradesh, for an offence punishable under Sec.138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 involving a sum of above `1,00,000/-, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. Eventhough with regard to a case pending before a court located beyond the territorial limits of State of Kerala, this Court has no jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail unless the petitioner is sought to be arrested within the limits of State of Kerala, in view of the decision Madhusoodan v. Superintendent of Police. (1992(2) KLT 83). The petitioner is accordingly directed to surrender before the S.H.O., Thoppumpady Police Station and execute a bond for `15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the Officer concerned in the event of his arrest by the Thoppumpady Police pursuant to the warrant issued by the trial court on his undertaking that he shall surrender before the trial court on or before 14.01.2011. Dated this the 15 th day of November, 2010. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj