IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 23RD MAY 2011 / 2ND JYAIHTA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 3533 of 2011() ------------------------- CRIME NO. 1004 OF 2010 OF VADAKKANCHERRY POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD DISTRICT PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1 ---------------------- SHABUMON, AGED 33 YEARS, S/O. SUKUMARAN, KARINKULAM HOUSE, ELAVANCHERRY P.O., CHITTUR TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.M.G.KARTHIKEYAN SRI.NIREESH MATHEW RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, VADAKKANCHERY POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD DISTRICT, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.S. HRITHWIK THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/05/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ......................................... Bail Application No. 3533 of 2011 .......................................... Dated: 23-05-2011 ORDER Petitioner who is the first accused in Crime No. 1004 of 2010 of Vadakkancherry Police Station, Palakkad District for offences punishable under Sections 408, 420, 465 and 471 I.P.C. seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application. 3. After evaluating the factors and parameters which are to be taken into consideration in the light of paragraph 112 of the verdict of the Apex Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra and Others - (2011) 1 SCC 694 , I am of the view that anticipatory bail cannot be granted in a case of this nature, since the investigating officer has not had the advantage of interrogating the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the investigating officer on 3-6-2011 or on 4-6-2011 for the purpose of interrogation and recovery of incriminating material, if any. In case the petitioner is arrested by the Investigating Officer before interrogation, the petitioner shall thereafter be produced before the Magistrate or the Court concerned and permitted to file an application for regular bail. In case the interrogation of the B.A. No. 3533 of 2011 -:2:- petitioner is without arresting him, the petitioner shall thereafter appear before the Magistrate or the Court concerned on the same day or the next day and apply for regular bail. The Magistrate or the Court on being satisfied that the petitioner has been interrogated by the police shall, after hearing the prosecution as well, consider and dispose of his application for regular bail preferably on the same date on which it is filed. In case the petitioner while surrendering before the Investigating Officer has deprived the investigating officer sufficient time for interrogation, the officer shall complete the interrogation even if it is beyond the time limit fixed as above and submit a report to that effect to the Magistrate or the Court concerned. Likewise, the Magistrate or the Court also will not be bound by the time limit fixed as above if sufficient time was not available after the production or appearance of the petitioner . This petition is disposed of as above. Dated this the 23rd day of May, 2011. Sd/-V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE ani/ /true copy/ P.S. to Judge B.A. No. 3533 of 2011 -:3:-