IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.P.BALACHANDRAN FRIDAY, THE 4TH MAY 2007 / 14TH VAISAKHA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 2677 of 2007 ----------------------------------- CRIME NO. 288/2004 OF NADAKKAVU POLICE STATION CC.419/2005 of J.M.F.C.-IV,KOZHIKODE .................... PETITIONER/2ND ACCUSED: ------------------------------------------ PADMAKUMARI.O., D/O.UNNIKRISHNAN, ELAYAMADTHIL,VAZHAKUNNUAM, CHERUKOL P.O.,PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.S.MUHAMMED HANEEFF RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------------- THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NADAKKAVU POLICE STATION, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. P.A.SALIM THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.P.Balachandran, J. ------------------------------------ B.A.No. 2677 of 2007 ------------------------------------ ORDER This is an application for anticipatory bail filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. 2. The petitioner is the second accused in Crime No.288/04 of Nadakkavu Police Station, registered for offences under Sections 4(1) and 7 (1)(b) of the Immoral Traffic Act. The offence is alleged to have been committed on 27.1.2004. Considering the entire circumstances of the case, I am of the view that the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail, imposing stringent conditions. In the result, I allow this bail application and direct that: (i) the petitioner do surrender before the learned Magistrate concerned positively within fifteen days from today; (ii) that on such surrender and on her depositing, by way of cash security, an amount of Rupees five thousand and executing bail bond for BA 2677/07 2 Rupees twenty thousand with two solvent sureties each for like sums to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail; (iii) that on such release the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation in the case and shall report before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Tuesdays and Fridays for a period of two months and thereafter on all Tuesdays only, till the investigation in the case is over and final report is laid; and (iv) that the grant of anticipatory bail shall not stand in the way of the learned Magistrate granting custody of the petitioner to the Investigating Officer for questioning, if the Investigating Agency so asks for and the learned Magistrate deems it fit to grant, considering the circumstances of the case. 4th May, 2007 (K.P.Balachandran, Judge) tkv