IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V
WEDNESDAY,THE 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER 2018 / 9TH KARTHIKA, 1940
Bail Appl..No. 5605 of 2018
CRIME NO.1245/2018 OF CHADAYAMANGALAM POLICE STATION IN KOLLAM
DISTRICT
PETITIONERS/ACCUSED 1 TO 4:
1 RAFEEK
AGED 39 YEARS
S/O.ABOOBACKER, KALEEAZHIKATHU VEEDU,
ELIKKUNNAMUKAL, KAITHODU, NILAMEL VILLAGE,
KOLLAM DISTRICT.
2 SAKEENA,
AGED 33 YEARS
D/O.ABOOBACKER, KALEEAZHIKATHU VEEDU,
ELIKKUNNAMUKAL , KAITHODU, NILAMEL VILLAGE,
KOLLAM DISTRICT.
3 ABOOBACKAR, S/O.KASIMPILLAI,
AGED 70 YEARS, KALEEAZHIKATHU VEEDU,
ELIKKUNNAMUKAL , KAITHODU, NILAMEL VILLAGE,
KOLLAM DISTRICT.
4 SAIDUNATH BEEVI,
AGED 61 YEARS
W/O.ABOOBACKAR, KALEEAZHIKATHU VEEDU,
ELIKKUNNAMUKAL, KAITHODU, NILAMEL VILLAGE,
KOLLAM DISTRICT.
BY ADV. MOHANLAL B
RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:
THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER
CHADAYAMANGALAM POLICE STATION,
KOLLAM DISTRICT, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.
SRI C N PRABHAKARAN SR PP
THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31.10.2018,
THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
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ORDER
This application is filed under Section 438 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure.
2. The applicants herein are accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime
No.1245 of 2018 registered at the Chadayamangalam Police Station
under Sections 498A, 323, 506(i) r/w Section 34 of the IPC.
3. The 1st applicant herein is the husband of the de facto
complainant and applicant Nos.2 to 4 are his near relatives. According
to the de facto complainant, the marriage between herself and the 1 st
applicant was solemnized on 10.4.2011 and they are blessed with a
child. It is alleged that she was persistently harassed, both physically
and mentally, by the accused demanding dowry. In her complaint, she
alleges that on 12.7.2018, the 1 st applicant herein pushed her down and
assaulted her. She secured treatment for the injuries and later, left the
matrimonial home.
4. The learned counsel appearing for the applicants would
contend that the allegations are baseless. According to the learned
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counsel, the 1st applicant herein had filed a petition before the
jurisdictional Family Court, seeking restitution of conjugal rights and on
receiving the notice from the court, raising frivolous accusations, a Crime
has been registered.
5. The learned Public Prosecutor has refuted the submissions. It
is submitted that the de facto complainant had secured treatment for the
injuries inflicted on her by the 1st applicant.
6. I have considered the submissions advanced. It appears that
insofar as the 1st applicant herein is concerned, there are allegations of
physical abuse. In that view of the matter, the 1 st applicant is not
entitled to an order of pre-arrest bail. He shall surrender before the
jurisdictional court and seek regular bail. Insofar as the applicant Nos. 2
to 4 are concerned, their custodial interrogation does not appear to be
necessitous for an effective investigation in the instant case.
7. In the result, this application will stand partly allowed. The
applicant Nos. 2 to 4 shall appear before the investigating officer within
ten days from today and shall undergo interrogation. Thereafter, if they
are proposed to be arrested, they shall be released on bail on their
executing a bond for a sum of Rs.40,000/- (Rupees forty thousand only)
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each with two solvent sureties each for the like sum. The above order
shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) The applicant Nos.2 to 4 shall co-operate with the
investigation and shall appear before the Investigating Officer
as and when called upon to do so.
ii) They shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement,
threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of
the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts
to the court or to any police officer.
iii) They shall not commit any similar offence while on bail.
In case of violation of any of the above conditions, the jurisdictional
Court shall be empowered to consider the application for cancellation,
if any, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with the law.
Sd/-
RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V
JUDGE
IAP