IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN FRIDAY, THE 5TH FEBRUARY 2010 / 16TH MAGHA 1931 Bail Appl..No. 474 of 2010() ---------------------------- CRIME NO.208/2009 OF MUSEUM POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1 ------------------------------------------- NAVAS KABEER, S/O.MIDHILAJ, AGED 22 YEARS, MANNAKKALVILA VEEDU, T/C.65/1630, PERAKAM JUNCTION, PUNCHAKKAN, THIRUVALLAM, TRIVANDRUM. BY ADV. SRI.SABU S.KALLARAMOOLA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- S.I. OF POLICE, MUSEUM POLICE STATION, TRIVANDRUM, REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------------------------- B.A.No.474 of 2010 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 5th day of February, 2010 ORDER This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is accused No.1 in Crime No.208 of 2009 of Museum Police Station. 2. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 379 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The prosecution case is that on 24.4.2009, at 3.15 P.M., the petitioner and accused No.2 came on a motor bike and snatched the gold chain of the de facto complainant, a pedestrian woman. The de facto complainant lost the gold chain weighing 4 sovereigns. The petitioner was arrested in connection with Crime No.886 of 2009 of Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram and his formal arrest was recorded in the present case on 29.10.2009. 4. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner is involved in Crime Nos.508 of 2009, 607 of 2009, 693 of 2009 and 886 of 2009 of Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram for having committed similar offences. BA No.474 /2010 2 5. Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of the offence, the allegations levelled against the petitioner and the criminal antecedents of the petitioner, I am of the view that if the petitioner is released on bail, he is likely to indulge in similar criminal activities to the misery and hardship of innocent housewives and helpless women. It is also likely that the petitioner may make himself scarce, if bail is granted. For the aforesaid reasons, the Bail Application is dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE csl