The court considered a bail application filed by an accused charged with offences including molestation and assault. The court dismissed the plea, holding it not a fit case for pre-arrest bail due to the nature of allegations and the petitioner's antecedents.
Bail application dismissed; pre-arrest bail denied to the petitioner.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V
TUESDAY, THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 2018 / 26TH POUSHA, 1939
Bail Appl..No. 25 of 2018
CRIME NO. 2255/2017 OF CHADAYAMANGALAM POLICE STATION , KOLLAM DISTRICT
PETITIONER/ACCUSED
NUJAB AGED 28 YEARS, S/O.NUJUMUDEEN, THANNIMOOTTIL MELATHIL VEEDU, ELAMBHANHOOR P.O., CHADAYAMANGALAM, KOLLAM DISTRICT.
BY ADV.SRI.P.ANOOP (MULAVANA)
RESPONDENT:
STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM-682031.
BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. AJITH MURALI
THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16-01-2018, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
sdr/-
RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V, J
B.A No. 25 of 2018
Dated this the 16th day of January, 2018
ORDER
B.A No. 25 of 2018
2
This petition is dismissed.
Sd/-
RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V, JUDGE
//TRUE COPY//
P.A. TO JUDGE
AD
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is entitled to pre-arrest bail under Section 438 CrPC considering the gravity of the allegations and his criminal antecedents.
3 provisions across 2 enactments
Nujab
State of Kerala
Raja Vijayaraghavan V
As recorded by the court registry
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