Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH DAY OF JULY 2024 / 26TH ASHADHA, 1946 BAIL APPL. NO. 5572 OF 2024 UNKNOWN CRIME OF KOPPAM POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD PETITIONER: K. K. KRISHNA KUMAR AGED 54 YEARS S/O KUTTAN EZHUTHACHAN, KURUSYATHODI HOUSE, KARUMANAMKURUSI P.O., VELLINEZHI,CHERUPLASSERY, PALAKKAD DISTRICT, PIN - 679504 BY ADVS. M.J.SANTHOSH ANTONY PAUL S.M.PREM H.NARAYANAN MUHAMMED NAHAS T. HASEENA T.
RESPONDENT: STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 OTHER PRESENT: SR PP SMT SEETHA S THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17.07.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: -:2:- Dated this the 17th day of July, 2024
ORDER
The application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ( in short, BNSS), for an order of pre-arrest bail.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in an unknown crime of the Koppam Police Station, Palakkad, for allegedly committing a non-bailable offence.
3. Heard; Sri. M.J.Santhosh, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt. Seetha S., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.
4. The learned Public Prosecutor, on instructions,
submitted that even though a complaint has been received against the petitioner, no crime has been registered against him, as alleged in the bail application. The said submission is recorded. In the light of the above submission, the bail -:3:- application is closed. It is made clear that, if the presence of the petitioner is required by the Koppam police with regard to the allegations made in the bail application, he shall be issued with a notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, if the offence alleged against him is punishable for less than seven years. SD/- C.S.DIAS,JUDGE rmm/17/7/2024