IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 3RD AUGUST 2010 / 12TH SRAVANA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 4538 of 2010() ---------------------------------------- CRIME NO.272/2010 OF KANJIRAMKULAM POLICE STATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. .......... PETITIONER/ACCUSED -------------------------------------- 1. M.VALSALAM, VICE PRESIDENT-KARUMKULAM GRAMA PANCHAYATH AGED 55 YEARS, S/O.MUTHUNAYAKAM NADAR, M.V.MANDIRAM, PAMPUKALA, PUTHIATHURA PO, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. PUSHPAM SAIMON, PRESIDENT-KARUMKULAM GRAMA PANCHAYATH AGED 42 YEARS, S/O.PUSHPAM JACOB, HAPPU HOUSE, PUTHIATHURA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.RAJEEV RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA,REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM(CRIME NO.272/2010 OF KANJIRAMKULAM POLICE STATION,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S.SIVAKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: tss V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------------------ Bail Application No.4538 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd day of August, 2010 ORDER The petitioners, who are accused Nos.1 & 2 in Crime No.272/2010 of Kanjiramkulam Police Station, for offences punishable under Sections 323, 294(b), 353, 354 read with Section 34 I.P.C. , seek anticipatory bail. 2. The learned public prosecutor opposed the application. 3. The occurrence took place on 17/7/2010. The de facto complainant is one Jyothi, a U.D. clerk in the Kanjiramkulam Grama Panchayat office. She was purposefully entering the office when the petitioners who are the President and Vice President of the said Panchayat allegedly committed the aforesaid offences. As a matter of fact on 16/7/2010 she had been suspended and she had no business to be in the office on 17/7/2010. B.A.No.4538/2010 : 2 : Considering these circumstances, I am inclined to permit the petitioners to be released after their interrogation by the police. Accordingly, the petitioners shall surrender before the Investigating Officer either on 12/8/2010 or on 13/8/2010 for interrogation. After interrogation, they shall appear before the Magistrate concerned who shall release them on bail. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj