IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN MONDAY, THE 31ST OCTOBER 2011 / 9TH KARTHIKA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 8379 of 2011() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.711/2011 OF TALIPARAMBA POLICE STATION, KANNUR .................... PETITIONER/2ND ACCUSED ------------------------------------------ KAMAL UMMER @ KAMAL HAJI, S/O.UMMER, AKKARAMMAL HOUSE, HOSDURG, KADAPPURAM, KANHANGAD. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAJENDRAN NAIR SRI.K.MUHAMMED SALAHUDHEEN RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT ----------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT.R.REMA THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 31/10/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------- B.A.No.8379 of 2011 --------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of October, 2011 O R D E R This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is accused No.2 in Crime No.711 of 2011 of the Taliparamba Police Station, Kannur District. 2. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 489B and 489C read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The prosecution case is that on 18.9.2011, while the accused persons were moving in a car, they were intercepted by the police. On search of the car, 891 counterfeit currency notes of the denomination of ` 1,000/- were found in possession of the petitioner. The petitioner was arrested on 18.9.2011 and he was remanded to judicial custody. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that BA 8379/11 2 there is no material to connect the petitioner with the offence. It is also submitted that he is in judicial custody since 18.9.2011 and there is no reason why the petitioner should be detained further. In Siraj vs. Station House Officer (2009 (4) KLT S.N. 70 Case No.63 and Ahammed E.P. vs. State of Kerala and another (2010 (1) KHC 771), the menace of circulation of counterfeit currency notes has been highlighted. In the present case, large quantity of counterfeit currency notes were found in possession of the petitioner. The offence is a very serious one. The source of counterfeit currency notes is to be traced out. The investigation reveals the complicity of the other accused as well. The investigation may not be confined to the State of Kerala alone. The investigation is at the initial stage. If the petitioner is released on bail at this stage, it would adversely affect the proper investigation of the case. It is also most likely that he would intimidate and influence the prosecution witnesses and tamper with the evidence. In these circumstances, the Bail Application is dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN JUDGE csl