Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 2024 / 2ND SRAVANA, 1946 PETITIONER/S: PRADEEP KUMAR S AGED 65 YEARS S/O. SUKUMARAN, FLAT NO. 4E, HORIZON PARK, VELLAYAMBALAM, THRIVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695010 BY ADVS. K.V.ANIL KUMAR RADHIKA S.ANIL RESPONDENT/S: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 2 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER TOWN NORTH POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, PIN - OTHER PRESENT: SR PP SMT SEETHA S THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24.07.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
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 by the Town North Police Station, Ernakulam for allegedly committing a non-bailable offence.
3. Heard; Sri.K.V.Anilkumar, 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 there is no crime registered against the petitioner as alleged in the bail application as on today. 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 Town North 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 Rkc/24.07.2024