IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 29TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 8TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 7554 of 2010() ----------------------------------------- (CRIME NO.680/2010 OF MAVELIKKARA POLICE STATION, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT) ........ PETITIONER/ACCUSED: -------------------------------------- SUNIL KUMAR, S/O.CHELLAPPAN, SURABHI, THAZHAVA, KARUNAGAPALLY, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.M.V.THAMBAN, SMT.THARA THAMBAN, SRI.B.BIPIN, SMT.REVATHY P.NAIR. RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTING THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, MAVELIKKARA POLICE STATION, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.S. BREEZ THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: Kss V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------------------------- Bail Application No.7554 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 29th day of November, 2010 ORDER The petitioner, who is accused No.1 in Crime No.680 of 2010 of Mavelikkara Police Station for an offence punishable under Clause 5-A of Kerala Rationing Order and Sections 3 & 5 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application. 3. Anticipatory bail cannot be granted in a case of this nature. But at the same time, I am inclined to permit the petitioner to surrender before the Investigating Officer for the purpose of interrogation and then to have his application for bail considered by the Magistrate having jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petitioner shall surrender before the investigating officer on 09/12/2010 or on 10/12/2010 for the purpose of interrogation and recovery of incriminating material, if any. The petitioner shall thereafter be produced before the Magistrate who on being satisfied that the petitioner has been interrogated by the police shall consider and dispose of his application for regular bail preferably on the same date on which it is filed. This petition is disposed of as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj