Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS MONDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 12TH CHAITHRA, 1946 PETITIONER/S: PRADEEPKUMAR K.V AGED 43 YEARS S/O K.V KUNHIKKANNAN, VARIKKULAM HOUSE, KOLATHUR, KASARAGOD DISTRICT, PIN - 671541 BY ADV BIBIN MATHEW RESPONDENT/S: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 2 STATION HOUSE OFFICER KALAMASSERY POLICE STATION, ERAKULAM DISTRICT, PIN - OTHER PRESENT: SR PP SMT NEEMA T V THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.04.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
The application is filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, ‘Code’), for an order of pre-arrest bail.
2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest by the Kalamassery Police Station, Ernakulam in an unknown crime for allegedly committing a non-bailable offence.
3. Heard; Sri.Bibin Mathew, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt.Neema T.V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.
4. The learned Public Prosecutor, on instructions, submitted that as on today there is no crime registered against the petitioner as alleged in the bail application. The said submission is recorded. In the light of the above submission, the bail application is closed. It is made clear that, if the
presence of the petitioner is required by the Kalamassery Police Station, Ernakulam with regard to the allegations made in the bail application, he shall be issued with a notice under Section 41A of the Code, if the offence alleged against him is punishable for less than seven years. Sd/- C.S.DIAS, JUDGE Rkc/01.04.2024