IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2011 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 2658 of 2011() ----------------------------- C.C.NO.1622/2007 JFCM-I, HIMMATHNAGAR, SABARKANTH, GUJARAT STATE PETITIONER/APPLICANT ---------------------------------------- SRI.D.MURALEEDHARAN, S/O.DAMODHARAN, AGED 52 YEARS, METALIC EQUIPMENTS, USMANIYA COMPLEX, CONVENT ROAD, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.JAMES ABRAHAM (VILAYAKATTU) RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, EAST POLICE STATION, KOLLAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 31/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No.2658 of 2011 ------------------------------- DATED: 31.03.2011 O R D E R Petitioner, who is the accused in C.C. No.1622/2007 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Himmathnagar, Sabarkanth, Gujarat State, for an offence punishable under Sec.138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, seeks anticipatory bail. 2.Eventhough with regard to a case pending before a court located beyond the territorial limits of the State of Kerala, this Court has no jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail unless the petitioner is sought to be arrested within the limits of State of Kerala, in view of the decision Madhusoodan v. Superintendent of Police. (1992(2) KLT 83), appropriate orders can be passed to the police charged with the duty of executing the arrest warrant to grant bail to the petitioner and to ensure the presence of the petitioner before the court concerned located outside Kerala. The petitioner is accordingly directed to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Kollam and execute a bond for `10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the B.A No.2658 of 2011 -:2:- Officer concerned in the event of his arrest by the Kollam East Police pursuant to the warrant issued by the trial court on his undertaking that he shall surrender before the trial court on or before 02.05.2011. Dated this the 31 st day of March, 2011. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj