IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT SATURDAY, THE 18TH AUGUST 2007 / 27TH SRAVANA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 5145 of 2007() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.750/07 OF KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION PETITIONER/2ND ACCUSED --------------------------------------- DILNA SONY, AGED 35 YEARS, W/O.SONY, MATHAKUNNAN KULASSERIL HOUSE, MATHIRAPPILLY, KOTHAMANGALAM. BY ADV. SRI.PEEYUS A.KOTTAM RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION. REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. (INVESTIGATING OFFICER IN CRIME NO.750/2007 OF KOTHAMANGALAM POLICE STATION). BY P.P. SRI. JAI GEORGE. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/08/2007 ALONG WITH B.A.NO.5148/07 AND OTHER CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R. BASANT, J. ------------------------------------------------------ B.A. Nos. 5145, 5148 & 5154 OF 2007 ----------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 18th day of August, 2007 ORDER Applications for anticipatory bail. The common petitioner is a woman. She faces allegations in three different crimes for offences punishable under Sec.420 of the IPC. By a common order dated 13/8/07 in B.A.No.5027/07, the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail in some other similar crimes. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner prays, the learned Public Prosecutor does not oppose the said prayer and I am satisfied that the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail in these crimes also on identical terms and conditions. 3. In the result, this petition is allowed. Following directions are issued under Sec.438 of the Cr.P.C: (i) The petitioner shall appear before the learned Magistrate having jurisdiction at 11 a.m. on 20/8/07. She shall be released on regular bail on her executing a bond for B.A. Nos. 5145, 5148 & 5154 OF 2007-: 2 :- Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate. (ii) The petitioner shall make herself available for interrogation before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 21/8/07 and 24/8/07 and thereafter on all Sundays and Fridays between 10 a.m. and 12 noon for a period of two months. Subsequently, she shall so make herself available for interrogation before the Investigating Officer as and when directed by the Investigating Officer in writing to do so. (iii) If the petitioner does not appear before the learned Magistrate as directed in clause (i), directions issued above shall thereafter stand revoked and the police shall be at liberty to arrest the petitioner and deal with him in accordance with law as if these directions were not issued at all; (iv) If the petitioner were arrested prior to his surrender on 20/8/07 as directed in clause (i) above, she shall be released on her executing a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) B.A. Nos. 5145, 5148 & 5154 OF 2007-: 3 :- without any sureties undertaking to appear before the learned Magistrate on 20/8/07. Sd/- (R. BASANT, JUDGE) Nan //true copy// P.S. to Judge