IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES MONDAY, THE 21ST AUGUST 2006 / 30TH SRAVANA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 4621 of 2006(C) ------------------------------ CRMP.4126/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I, PUNALUR CRIME NO.148/2006 OF THENMALA POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ VIJAYAKUMAR @ KUMAR, S/O. MUTHUKUTTY, AGED 27 YEARS, A.P.VIII/413, CHENAGIRI DIVISION, HARRISON MALAYALAM PLANTATION, CHENAGIRI, ARIENKAVU MURI AND VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.S.MUHAMMED HANEEFF RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT: ------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THENMALA POLICE STATION. (CRIME NO.148 OF 2006) REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 4621/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner is the sole accused, in crime No.148/2006 of Thenmala Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 201 IPC. The petitioner was arrested on 8.6.2006 and he remains in judicial custody. The allegation is that he killed his father- in-law by strangulation and put the dead body in a nearby forest, so as to destroy the evidence. 2. Considering the duration of the judicial detention and the stage of the investigation and other materials placed before me, I grant bail and release the petitioner from jail, subject to the following conditions:- (a). The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-I, Punalur. B.A.4621/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Monday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., starting from 28.8.2006, till the final report is filed, and thereafter on the first working day of every month, between the same timings, till the trial of the Sessions case is complete and judgment pronounced. (c). The petitioner shall not leave the State of Kerala, till the final trial and disposal of the Sessions case. (d). The petitioner shall not interfere with the investigation, threaten the witnesses or attempt to influence them or cause any hindrance to the smooth conduct of the prosecution case. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs