IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES THURSDAY, THE 24TH AUGUST 2006 / 2ND BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5093 of 2006 ----------------------------- CRIME NO.324/2006 OF KAZHAKKOOTTAM POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.5 ---------------------------------------- CHANDRAN, S/O.JAMES, JAISON COTTAGE, NEAR ST.VINCENT COTTAGE, CHITTATTUMUKKU, MENAMKULAM VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAZHAKKOOTTAM, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5093/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner is the fifth accused, in crime No.324/2006 of Kazhakkoottam Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 465, 468, 471, 406, 420 and 340 IPC read with Section 34 IPC. It is alleged that the petitioner and others had collected huge amount from different persons, including the defacto complainant, agreeing to give job visa to them for employment in Australia. However, visa supplied by the accused, were found to be fake. The petitioner was accordingly arrested and he remains in judicial custody from 24.7.2006. Hence this application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. As the petitioner had already been interrogated, by the police in custody, and the investigation is in progress, so far as this petitioner is concerned, I grant bail and release the petitioner from jail, subject to the following conditions:- B.A.5093/2006 2 (a). The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.50,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-III, Thiruvananthapuram. (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week, on every Thursday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of four months, starting from 31.8.2006 and thereafter, once in a month, between the same timings, till the final report is filed by the Investigating Officer. (c). The petitioner shall not leave the State of Kerala, until the final trial and disposal of the case. (d). The petitioner shall surrender his passport in his possession, if any, to the Investigating Officer, immediately on his release. (e). The petitioner shall not interfere with B.A.5093/2006 3 the investigation, tamper with the evidence or attempt to influence the witnesses or threaten them, during bail. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs