Anantha Krishnan v. State of Kerala
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Anantha Krishnan (also spelt Ananthakrishnan/Ananatha Krishnan in cause titles), son of Anilkumar, Pathanamthitta; 65 bail applications under S.482 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (lead: BAIL APPL. NO. 4814 OF 2025 & C.CASES), Kerala High Court, Ernakulam, decided 04.04.2025 by P.V.Kunhikrishnan J. Crimes at Karukachal, Koipuram, Pulikeezhu, Elavumthitta and Thiruvananthapuram Museum police stations (Crime Nos. 1084–1102/2022, 933–1009/2022, 58/2023, 851/2022, 98–106, 111, 132, 137–139, 255, 274, 348, 379, 402, 422, 444/2023 etc.), Crime Branch investigation; offences S.406 & S.420 r/w S.34 IPC, S.3 BUDS Act 2019, S.5 Kerala Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act 2013. Outcome: applications allowed — appear before IO within four weeks, undergo interrogation, conditional release on bail on arrest with Rs.50,000 bond and two solvent sureties; bar on leaving India without permission. Precedents: relied on Chidambaram P v Directorate of Enforcement [2019 (16) SCALE 870], Siddharth v State of Uttar Pradesh [2021(5)KHC 353] (quoting Joginder Kumar v State of UP [(1994) 4 SCC 260]), Manish Sisodia v CBI [2023 KHC 6961]; applied Anzar Azeez v State of Kerala [2025 SCC OnLine KER 1260] and Sushila Aggarwal v State (NCT of Delhi) [2020 (1) KHC 663].