IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN FRIDAY, THE 18TH NOVEMBER 2011 / 27TH KARTHIKA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 9283 of 2011 ----------------------------- (CRIME NO. 372/2011 OF BADIADKA POLICE STATION, KASARAGOD DISTRICT) PETITIONERS/ACCUSED 1 TO 6 AND 8 1. SASI @ SASIKUMAR, S/O.RAGHUVEERA, AGED 25 YEARS, OOJANTHODI, PODIPALLAM, KUMBADAJE.P.O., KASARAGODE. 2. VINAYAN, S/O.SUNDARA RAI, AGED 24 YEARS, MALI HOUSE, KUMBADAJE.P.O., KASARAGODE. 3. SANTHOSH, S/O. WANATH RAI, AGED 23 YEARS, MACHAO HOUSE, KUMBADAJE.P.O., KASARAGODE. 4. VASANTHAN, AGED 20 YEARS, RESIDING DO. 5. RAMESHAN, S/O.LATE NARAYANA BELCHAPPADA, BADKAJE HOUSE, KARUVATHADKA, KUMBADAJE.P.O., KASARAGODE. 6. EEMU @ HEMACHANDRAN, S/O.NARAYANA NAIKA, AGED 25 YEARS, KALEYATHODI HOUSE, KUMBADAJE.P.O., KASARAGODE. 7. SATHEESHAN, S/O.KORAGA, KARUVATHADKA HOUSE, AGED 30 YEARS, KUMBADAJE.P.O., KASARAGODE. BY ADV. SRI.T.G.RAJENDRAN RESPONDENT: COMPLAINANT THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, BADIADKA POLICE STATION, KASARAGODE, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT. S. HYMA. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: P.S. GOPINATHAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = B.A. NO. 9283 OF 2011 = = = = = = = = = = = = = DATED THIS, THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2011. O R D E R Petitioners are accused 1 to 6 and 8 in Crime No. 372 of 2011 of Badiadka Police Station, alleging offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 341, 323, 324, 448, 452 and 427 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. Apprehending arrest, detention and torture at the hands of the investigating officer, this application is filed seeking anticipatory bail. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that custodial interrogation is not necessary in this case. In the result, this application is allowed. There will be a direction to the investigating officer that in the event of arrest, after interrogation, the petitioners shall be produced before the magistrate concerned, who, shall release them on bail on each of them executing bond for Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty thousand) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the investigating officer on the following conditions: B.A. NO. 9283 OF 2011 2 (i) The petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation as and when required. (ii) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer, and (iii) Petitioner shall not leave the District without prior permission of the Court. This order shall be in force for a period of one month within which time petitioner shall apply for regular bail, failing which the investigating officer shall arrest him and produce before court. P.S. GOPINATHAN, (JUDGE) knc/-