IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT MONDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2008 / 11TH CHAITHRA 1930 Bail Appl..No. 1949 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.294 OF 2008 OF EAST POLICE STATION, KOLLAM PETITIONERS : ----------------- 1. VIMALA, AGED 55 YEARS, D/O.LAKSHMI, KALLIPADINJATATHIL, VADAKKEVILA, KOLLAM. 2. PUSHPARAJAN, AGED 67 YEARS, KALLIPADINJATATHIL,VADAKKEVILA, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.AJAYA KUMAR. G RESPONDENTS: ------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT, J ------------------------------------ B.A.No.1949 of 2008 ------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of March, 2008 ORDER Application for anticipatory bail. Petitioners are father in law and mother in law of the defacto complainant. They face allegations in a crime registered for offences punishable, inter alia, under Section 498 A I.P.C. Crime has been registered on the basis of a private complaint filed by the defacto complainant and referred to the police by the learned Magistrate under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C. Investigation is in progress. 2. The marriage took place on 23.08.08. The 1st accused and the defacto complainant-the spouses are not blessed with any children. No injuries are shown to have suffered by the victim/defacto complainant. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners prays, the learned Public Prosecutor does not oppose the said prayer and I am satisfied in the facts and circumstances of this case that anticipatory can now be granted to the petitioners. In the absence of opposition, it is not necessary for me to advert to facts in any greater detail in this order. 4. In the result, this Bail Application is, allowed. The following directions are issued under Section 438 Cr.P.C. B.A.No.1949 of 2008 2 i) The petitioners shall appear before the learned Magistrate at 11 a.m on 07.04.2008. They shall be enlarged on regular bail on their executing bonds for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five thousand only) each with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate; ii) The petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m and 3 p.m on 08.04.2008 and 09.04.08 and thereafter between 10 a.m and 3 p.m on all Mondays for a period of one month and subsequently as and when directed by the Investigating Officer in writing to do so; iii) If the petitioners do 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 petitioners and deal with them in accordance with law as if those directions were not issued at all; iv) If the petitioners were arrested prior to their surrender on 07.04.08 as directed in clause (1) above, they shall be released from custody on their executing bonds for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five thousand only) each without any sureties undertaking to appear before the learned Magistrate on 07.04.08. (R.BASANT, JUDGE) rtr/- B.A.No.1949 of 2008 3