IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 30TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 8TH ASWINA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 7767 of 2011() ---------------------------------- (CRIME NO.1488/2011 OF ERNAKULAM TOWN, NORTH POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT). ........ PETITIONERS/ACCUSED 2 & 3 ----------------------------------- 1. RAJAGOPAL, AGED 57 YEARS, H.NO.TCB/632, SREEKARYAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. PADMA RAJAGOPAL, AGED 59 YEARS, W/O.RAJAGOPAL, H.NO.TCB/632, SREEKARYAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.RAJEEV RESPONDENT(S): STATE ----------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM (CRIME NO. 1488/2011 OF ET NORTH POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT) BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HRITHWIK THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: svs V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................... Bail Application No.7767 of 2011 ...................................................... Dated this the 30th day of September, 2011 O R D E R In this Petition filed under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. the petitioners who are accused Nos.2 and 3 in Crime No.1488/2011 of Ernakulam North Police Station, Ernakulam District for an offence punishable under Sec.498 A I.P.C. seeks anticipatory bail. 2. I heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. After evaluating the factors and parameters which are to be taken into consideration in the light of paragraph 122 of the verdict dated 2-12-2010 of the Apex Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra and Others (2010 (4) KLT 930) , I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, a direction is issued to the officer-in-charge of the police station concerned to release the petitioners on bail in the event of their arrest in connection with the above case on each of the petitioners executing a bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction to the B.A.No.7767/2011 2 said officer and subject to the following conditions: 1. The petitioners shall report before the Investigating Officer between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Wednesdays. 2. The petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation including custodial interrogation as and when required by the Investigating Officer. 3. Petitioners shall not influence or intimidate the prosecution witnesses nor shall they attempt to tamper with the evidence for the prosecution. 4. Petitioners shall not commit any offence while on bail. 5. The bail granted pursuant to this order shall be in force till the end of the trial of the case unless and until it is cancelled by this Court in accordance with paragraph 103 of the verdict in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre's case (supra). If the petitioners commits breach of any of the above conditions, the bail granted to them shall be liable to be cancelled. This application is allowed as above. Dated this the 30th day of September, 2011. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE ln