Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2020 / 1ST ASWINA, 1942 Bail Appl..No.5885 OF 2020 CRIME NO.1459/2020 OF Ollur Police Station, Thrissur PETITIONER/ACCUSED: SHINTO, AGED 26 YEARS SON OF ANTO, PALLISSERY HOUSE, OLLUR VILLAGE, ANCHERY DESOM, THRISSUR TALUK THRISSUR, PIN-680306
BY ADV. SRI.RAJIT RESPONDENT: STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM- 682031 SRI.AJITH MURALI, PP THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23.09.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: B.A.No.5885 of 2020 2
O R D E R
Dated this the 23rd day of September 2020 Thi sBai ion fil ed underSect ion 439 ofCr imi nalPr ocedur e Codewashear dthr oughVi deoConf erence. 2.The Pet iti sthe accused i n Cr ime No. 1459 of2020 ofOl lur Pol ice St ati on,Thr issurDi str ict . The above case i sregi ster ed agai he pet iti ,al legi ng of fencespuni shabl eunderSect ions376 ( 2),354,354A ( 1),363ofI .P. C & Sect ion6r th 5( l),8r th7,12r th11 ( iv)oft he POCSO Act . 3.Thepr ion casei sthat ,thepet iti onercommi tted penet rat ive sexuali nter cour se wi tht cti m. Att hatt ime t cti m wasaged 17 year sand4mont hs. 4.Hear dthel ear nedcounself ort iti onerandt hel ear nedPubl ic Pr or.
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ear ned counsel f or t iti oner submi hat ,the pet iti onerhasnotcommi he of fence.The counselsubmi hat ,the al legat ion agai nst t iti oner i sthat iti oner commi tted r ape dur he per iod f rom 29. 04. 2019 t o 05. 07.
2020. Admi
ttedl y,now t he vi cti m i smaj or. Now t cti m i scomi ng wi tht he pr esentcase.l ear ned Thecounselsubmi ttedt hat ,thepet iti sreadyt oabi deanycondi tions, i fthi scour tgr anthi m bai l. B.A.No.5885 of 2020 3
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ear or opposed t he bai l appl ion. The l ear orsubmi hat ,two cases ar eregi ster ed agai iti ,based on t he st atementoft cti m i nthi scase. The l ear orsubmi hat iti onermay notbe r eleasedonbai latt hisst age. 7.Admi ttedl y,t iti sin cust rom 16. 07. 2020 onwar ds. The pet iti onerfil edabai ionbef oret tear lierandt hatbai l appl ion wasdi smi ssed byt ton 07. 09.
2020. Annexur
e-3i sthe or der . Ther eaf ter iti oner fil ed t his bai ion agai n. The pet iti oner pr oduced Annexur e-4, t he i nvi tat ion car d showi ng t hat , hi s br otheri sget ting marr ied on 27. 09.
2020. I tist rue t hat ,the al legat ions agai iti onerar ever yser ious.Butt iti sincust rom
16. 07.
2020onwar ds.Now hei sincust orabout67days. 8.Consi der he ent iref act s and ci rcumst ances oft he case and consi der he f act t hat t iti oner i sin cust ody f rom 16. 07. onwar ds, I t hink t his bai l appl ion can be al lowed on st ringent condi tions. 9.Mor eover ,consi der he need t ofol low soci aldi stanci ng nor ms i nsi depr isonssoast oaver tthespr eadoft henovelCor onaVi rusPandemi c, t he Hon' ble Supr eme Cour tin Re:Cont agi on of COVI D-19 Vi rus I n Pri sons case ( Suo M ot u Wri t Pet iti on( C) No. 1 of 2020) and a Ful l Bench oft his Cour tin W. P(C) No. 9400 of2020 i ssued var ious sal utar y di ionsf ormi nimi zingt henumberofi nmat esi nsi depr isons. 10.Mor eover ,iti sawel laccept ed pr inci plet hatt hebai list herul e B.A.No.5885 of 2020 4 and t he j aili s t he except ion. The Hon' ble Supr eme Cour t i n Chi dambaram.P v Di orat e of Enf orcement ( 2019 ( 16) SCALE 870) ,af terconsi der ing al lthe ear lierj udgment s,obser ved t hat ,the basi c j uri sprudence r elat o bai lremai nst he same i nasmuch ast he gr antof bai list herul eandr efusali stheexcept ionsoast oensur ethatt heaccused hast heoppor tuni tyofsecur ingf airt rial . 11.Consi der he di ctum l aid down i nthe above deci sion and consi der ingt hef act sandci rcumst ancesoft hiscase,t hisBai ioni s al lowedwi tht hef oll owi ngdi ions:
1. Pet
iti l be r eleased on bai l on execut ing a bond f or Rs. 50, 000/ - ( Rupees Fi fty Thousand onl y)wi tht wo sol ventsur eti es f or t he l ike sum t othesat isf act ionoft hej uri sdi cti t.
2. The pet
iti l appear bef ore t he I ing Of ficer f or i nterr ogat ion as and when r equi red. The pet iti l co- oper ate wi th t he i ion and shal lnot ,di ly ori ndi ly make any i nducement ,thr eat or pr omi se t o any per son acquai nted wi tht hef act soft hecasesoast odi ssuade hi m f rom di scl osi ng such f act stot he Cour tort o any pol iceof ficer .
3. Pet
iti l not l eave I ndi a wi thout per missi onoft hej uri sdi cti t. 4.Pet iti onershal lnotcommi tan of fence si mil ar B.A.No.5885 of 2020 5 t otheof fenceofwhi ch hei saccused,orsuspect ed,of t hecommi ssi onofwhi chhei ssuspect ed.
5. The pet
iti l st rict ly abi de by t he var iousgui del inesi ssued byt heSt ateGover nmentand Cent ralGovernmentwi thr espectt o keepi ng ofsoci al di stanci ngi nthewakeofCovi d19pandemi c.
6. The pet iti l appear bef ore t he I ing Of ficer on al lMondays and Fr idays at 10. a.m. t ill t he final r epor t i s fil ed i n Cr ime No. 1459/
2020. The pet
iti l not ent er t he j uri sdi cti onall imi tofOl lurPol ice St ati on,t illt he final r epor tisfil edi nCr imeNo. 1459/ 2020. 7.I fany oft he above condi tionsar e vi olat ed by t iti ,the j uri sdi cti tcan cancelt he bai lin accor dance t olaw, even t hough t he bai lis gr ant edbyt t. Sd/- P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN JUDGE NB