IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN FRIDAY, THE 23RD DECEMBER 2011 / 2ND POUSHA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 10702 of 2011 CRIME NO.133 OF 2011 OF KOIPURAM POLICE STATION, PATHANAMTHITTA PETITIONER: ACCUSED A4: ------------------------------- MANJUA ALEX, AGED 34 YEARS, S/O.ALEXANDER, KIZHAKKPARAMBIL VEEDU, PADARATHIL PADI MURI, NEDUBRAM VILLAGE, THIRUVALL, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.AJITH MURALI RESPONDENT: COMPLAINANT -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.R.RANJITH THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/12/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------ Bail Appl. NO.10702 OF 2011 ------------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 23rd day of December, 2011 O R D E R This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is accused No.4 in Crime No.133 of 2011 of Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta District. 2. The offences alleged against the accused are under Sections 143, 147, 148, 120B, 452, 326 and 308 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The prosecution case is the following: On 21.3.2011 at 11 A.M., while the defacto complainant was engaged in his work as a mason, the accused persons came there, armed with deadly weapons and attacked the defacto complainant with sword, stick etc. The defacto complainant sustained serious injuries. He was taken to the District Hospital from where he was taken to the Medical College Hospital. It is alleged that the defacto complainant was attacked due to the previous enmity between accused No.1 and the defacto BAIL APPL. NO.10702 OF 2011 :: 2 :: complainant. It is alleged that accused No.1 engaged a quotation gang for taking revenge upon the defacto complainant. 4. The petitioner was arrested on 6.12.2011 and he was remanded to judicial custody. 5. Investigation is in progress. If the petitioner is released on bail at this stage, it would adversely affect the proper investigation of the case. It is most likely that the petitioner would intimidate and influence the witnesses and tamper with the evidence, if bail is granted to him at this stage. For the aforesaid reasons, the Bail Application is dismissed. (K.T.SANKARAN) Judge ahz/