IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.B.SURESH KUMAR
THURSDAY, THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 2020 / 26TH POUSHA, 1941
Bail Appl..No.9129 OF 2019
CRIME NO.1894/2019 OF KOLLAM EAST POLICE STATION, KOLLAM
PETITIONER/ACCUSED:
KAMAL KUMAR P.K.,
AGED 39 YEARS
S/O.K.PRASANNAN, PUNNAVILA VEEDU, THAZHAM THEKKU,
CHATHANNOOR, KOLLAM, PIN – 691 572.
BY ADVS.
SRI. SIJU KAMALASANAN
SMT.S.REKHA
SMT.S.SEETHA
SMT.ANJANA KANNATH
RESPONDENTS/STATE:
1 STATE OF KERALA,
REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM – 31.
2 THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,
KOLLAM EAST POLICE STATION, KOLLAM – 691 001.
SRI AMJETH ALI, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
16.01.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
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Bail Application No.9129 of 2019
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ORDER
This is an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438
of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
2. The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No.1894 of
2019 of Kollam East Police Station registered under Section 498A of
the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner is none other than the husband
of the de facto complainant. The accusation in the case in essence is
that the petitioner has subjected the de facto complainant to cruelty
when they were residing together.
3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as also
the learned Public Prosecutor.
4. It is seen that the case is one which arose on account
of the matrimonial discord between the petitioner and the de facto
complainant. In the circumstances, having regard to the totality of the
facts and circumstances of the case and having regard to the decision
of the Apex Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of
Maharashtra, AIR 2011 SC 312, I am inclined to grant anticipatory
bail to the petitioner on the following conditions:
i) The petitioner shall make himself available for
interrogation before the Investigating Officer within ten
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days from today. He shall also make himself available for
interrogation before the Investigating Officer as and when
directed by the Investigating Officer in writing to do so;
ii) If the petitioner is arrested prior to, or after his
appearance before the Investigating Officer in terms of this
order, he shall be released from custody on execution of a
bond for Rs.25,000/- with two sureties each for the like
sum.
(iii) The petitioner shall not influence or intimidate the
prosecution witnesses nor shall he attempt to tamper with
the evidence of the prosecution.
iv) The petitioner shall not involve in any other offence
while on bail.
Sd/-
P.B.SURESH KUMAR, JUDGE.
DK
