IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT MONDAY, THE 25TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 6TH PHALGUNA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 1125 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.892/07 OF PANANGADU POLICE STATION : PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.4 ---------------------------------------- T.SHEEJA, 1ST GRADE SURVEYOR, SURVEY AND LAND RECORDS, RAKESH BHAVAN, SAGARA NAGAR-67, KADAPPAKKADA P.O., KOLLAM. (ACCUSED NO.4) BY ADV. SRI.C.RAJENDRAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PANANGADU POLICE STATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT, J ------------------------------------ B.A.No.1125 of 2008 ------------------------------------- Dated this the 25th day of February, 2008 ORDER Application for anticipatory bail. Petitioner is the 4th accused. She faces allegations for offences punishable, inter alia, under Sections 420 and 468 I.P.C. Accused 1 to 3 had come before this Court earlier seeking anticipatory bail and by order dated 06.02.08 in B.A.No.508 of 2008, all of them were granted anticipatory bail subject to appropriate terms and conditions. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner prays, the learned Public Prosecutor does not oppose the said prayer and I am satisfied in the facts and circumstances of this case that the petitioner herein can also be granted anticipatory bail subject to identical conditions as were imposed on the co-accused by order dated 06.02.08 referred above. In the absence of opposition, it is not necessary for me to advert to facts in any greater detail in this order. 3. In the result, the Bail Application is, allowed. The following directions are issued under Section 438 Cr.P.C. B.A.No.1125 of 2008 2 i) The petitioner shall appear before the learned Magistrate at 11 a.m on 03.03.08. He shall be enlarged on regular bail on his executing a bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate; ii) The petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m and 4 p.m on 04.03.2008 and 05.03.08. During this period, the Investigating Officer shall be at liberty to interrogate the petitioner in custody and take all necessary steps the proper conduct of the investigation. Thereafter the petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m and 12 noon on all Mondays for a period of one month subsequently as and when directed by the Investigating Officer in writing to do so; iii) If the petitioner does not appear before the learned Magistrate as directed in clause (i), directions issued above shall thereafter stand revoked and the police shall be at liberty to arrest the petitioner and deal with her in accordance with law as if those directions were not issued at all; B.A.No.1125 of 2008 3 iv) If the petitioner were arrested prior to her surrender on 03.03.08 as directed in clause (1) above, she shall be released from custody on her executing a bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) without any sureties undertaking to appear before the learned Magistrate on 03.03.08. (R.BASANT, JUDGE) rtr/-