Gangadharan v. State of Kerala
Case brief
What is this about?
Kerala High Court bail order 08.04.2025 (2025:KER:30918) by Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan; Section 482 BNSS bail applications allowed in common order for Gangadharan; chit fund fraud; Pravasi Syndicate Chits Private Limited; Malayali Kshema Nidhi Limited; 12% promised interest; Vadanappally Police Station crimes; Changaramkulam Police Station Crime No.12/2025; Pavarratty Police Station; Thrissur Town West Police Station; bail is the rule and jail is the exception; Chidambaram P v Directorate of Enforcement 2019 (16) SCALE 870; Jalaluddin Khan v Union of India 2024 KHC 6431; Manish Sisodia v Directorate of Enforcement 2024 KHC 6426; Sushila Aggarwal v State (NCT of Delhi) 2020 (1) KHC 663; Anzar Azeez v State of Kerala 2025 SCC OnLine KER 1260; Rs.50,000 bond; two solvent sureties; interrogation within four weeks; bail cancellation by jurisdictional Court; Article 21.
What did the court decide?
All 23 bail applications (B.A.Nos. 4695, 4496, 4719, 4761, 4779, 4797, 4818, 4857, 4908, 4919, 5097, 5116, 5122, 5153, 5156, 5158, 5161, 5164, 5167, 5197, 5268, 5278 & 5283 of 2025) allowed: petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer within four weeks and undergo interrogation; if arrest is proposed after interrogation, release on bond of Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties each for the like sum; conditional on cooperation, no inducement/threat/promise, no departure from India without permission, and no commission of similar offences; cancellation of bail reserved to the jurisdictional Court on violation.