IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES TUESDAY, THE 31ST OCTOBER 2006 / 9TH KARTHIKA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6362 of 2006() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.178/2006 OF KULATHUPUZHA POLICE STATION. PETITIONER/ACCUSED -------------- LALU, S/O.BALAN, AGED 24 YEARS, RESIDING AT ATTARIKATHU VEEDU, CHOZHIYAKODE, KULATHUPUZHA VILLAGE, PATHANAPURAM TALUK, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.R.SIVAKUMAR RESPONDENTS: ------------- THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KULATHUPUZHA POLICE STATION, KOLLAM DISTRICT, THORUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.N.SUKUMARAN. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/10/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M. JAMES, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 6362 of 2006 ------------------------------- Dated this the 31st October, 2006. O R D E R Petitioner is the first accused in Crime No.178/2006 of Kulathupuzha Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 341 and 308 IPC, read with Section 34 IPC. It is alleged that the petitioner along with two others has caused injuries on the de facto complainant. The wound certificate reveal that there was sutured wound behind left pinna, 1 x 1 cm., and another wound on the left knee 2 x 1 cm. Petitioner surrendered before the court below on 16.10.2006, and he remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence, this application for bail. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor, however, submitted that the petitioner was questioned by the Investigating Officer. 3. In the above facts situation, I allow this application, grant bail to the petitioner, and release him from jail, subject to the following conditions:- i) The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.20,000/= (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Punalur. BA.No.6362/2006 2 ii) The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week, on every Saturday, between 10 and 11 A.M., starting from 4.11.2006, for a period of one month. J.M. JAMES, JUDGE nj.