IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 6TH MAY 2011 / 16TH VAISAKHA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 3404 of 2011() ---------------------------------------- CRIME NO.25/2011 OF VECHOOCHIRA POLICE STATION, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. ..... PETITIONER (S): ACCUSED ------------------------------------------ 1. SHYAM PRASAD, AGED 28 YEARS , S/O. SASIDHARAN, VADAKKEPARAMBIL HOUSE, MANNADISSALA, VECHOOCHIRA, KOLLAMULA VILLAGE, RANNI TALUK, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. 2. SASIDHARAN, VADAKKEPARAMBIL HOUSE, MANNADISSALA, VECHOOCHIRA, KOLLAMULA VILLAGE, RANNI TALUK,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. 3. SREEDEVI, W/O. SASIDHARAN, VADAKKEPARAMBIL HOUSE MANNADISSALA, VECHOOCHIRA, KOLLAMULA VILLAGE, RANNI TALUK, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.SETHUNATH SRI.PRAKASH KESAVAN RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT/STATE ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. THE SUB INSPECTOR, VECHOOCHIRA POLICE STATION, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR , HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HRITHWIK THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/05/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: tss V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................... Bail Application No. 3404 of 2011 .................................. Dated: 6th May, 2011 O R D E R In this Petition filed under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. the petitioners who are accused Nos. 1 to 3 in Crime No. 25 of 2011 of Vechoochira Police Station, Pathanamthitta District for an offence punishable under Sec. 498 A read with Sec. 34 I.P.C. seek anticipatory bail. 2. I heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. After evaluating the factors and parameters which are to be taken into consideration in the light of paragraph 122 of the verdict dated 2-12-2010 of the Apex Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra and Others (2010 (4) KLT 930) ,, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, a direction is issued to the officer-in-charge of the police station concerned to release the petitioners on bail for a period of one month in the event of their arrest in connection with the above case on each of them executing a bond for Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction to the said officer and subject to the following conditions: Bail A.No.3404 of 2011 -:2:- 1. Petitioners shall report before the Investigating Officer between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Wednesdays. 2. Petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation including custodial interrogation as and when required by the Investigating Officer. 3. Petitioners shall not influence or intimidate the prosecution witnesses nor shall they attempt to tamper with the evidence for the prosecution. 4. Petitioners shall not commit any offence while on bail. 5. The bail granted pursuant to this order shall be in force till the end of the trial of the case unless and until it is cancelled by this Court in accordance with paragraph 103 of the verdict in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre's case (supra). If the petitioners commit breach of any of the above conditions, the bail granted to them shall be liable to be cancelled. This application is allowed as above. Dated this the 6th day of May, 2011. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. ani/