IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.P.BALACHANDRAN FRIDAY, THE 4TH MAY 2007 / 14TH VAISAKHA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 2675 of 2007 ------------------------------------------- CRIME NO.221/07 OF HILL PALACE POLICE STATION, TRIPUNITHURA .................... PETITIONER: P.N.DINESAN, PERUVELIPARAMBIL HOUSE, IRUMPANAM P.O., TRIPUNITHURA. BY ADV. SRI.K.N.CHANDRABABU RESPONDENTS: 1. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY THE S.I. OF POLICE, HILL PALACE POLICE STATION, TRIPUNITHURA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.A.SALIM THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.P.Balachandran, J. ------------------------------------ B.A.No. 2675 of 2007 ------------------------------------ ORDER This is an application for anticipatory bail filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. 2. The petitioner is the first accused in Crime No.221/07 of Hill Palace Police Station, Tripunithura, registered for offences under Sections 143, 147, 323, 365 and 427 IPC read with Section 149 thereof. The occurrence in the case is alleged to have taken place on 31.3.2007. Having considered the entire circumstances of the case, I am of the view that the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail, imposing stringent conditions. In the result, I allow this bail application and direct that: (i) the petitioner do surrender before the learned Magistrate concerned positively within fifteen days from today; BA 2675/07 2 (ii) that on such surrender and on his depositing, by way of cash security, an amount of Rupees ten thousand and executing bail bond for Rupees twenty thousand with two solvent sureties each for like sums to the satisfaction of the learned Magistrate concerned, the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail; (iii) that on such release the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation in the case and shall report before the Investigating Officer between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Tuesdays and Fridays for a period of two months and thereafter on all Tuesdays only, till the investigation in the case is over and final report is laid; and (iv) that the grant of anticipatory bail shall not stand in the way of the learned Magistrate granting custody of the petitioner to the Investigating Officer for questioning, if the Investigating Agency so asks for and the learned Magistrate deems it fit to grant, considering the BA 2675/07 3 circumstances of the case. 4th May, 2007 (K.P.Balachandran, Judge) tkv