IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 24TH BHADRA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 5345 of 2010() ------------------------------------------ (CRIME NO.342/CR/OCW/TVPM OF CBCID, HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM) ......... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: -------------------------------------- THOMAS JOHN, AGED 72 YEARS, S/O.JOHN, KIZHAKKEMURIYIL, BALAGRAM, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.S.DILEEP (KALLAR) RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT/STATE: --------------------------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CBCID, HEAD QUARTERS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.S.HRITHWIK THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: Kss V. RAMKUMAR, J. ......................................... B.A. No.5345 of 2010 .......................................... Dated: 15.09.2010 ORDER Petitioner, who is the accused in Crime No.342/CR/OCW/TVPM of CBCID Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram for offences punishable under Sections 468,403 and 420 I.P.C., seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application. 3. Anticipatory bail cannot be granted in a case of this nature. But at the same time, I am inclined to permit the petitioner to surrender before the Investigating Officer for the purpose of interrogation and then to have his application for bail considered by the Magistrate having jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petitioner shall surrender before the investigating officer on 24.9.2010 or on 25.09.2010 for the purpose of interrogation and recovery of incriminating material, if any. The petitioner shall thereafter be produced before the Magistrate who on being satisfied that the petitioner has been interrogated by the police shall consider and dispose of his application for regular bail preferably on the same date on which it is filed. This petition is disposed of as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj