High Court of KeralaSingle JudgeBail Granted

Ananthakrishnan v. State of Kerala

Case / Petition Number:2025:KER:26522
Neutral Citation:2025:KER:26522

Case Details & Bench

Court
High Court of Kerala
Hon'ble Judges
  • P. V. Kunhikrishnan
Judgment Date
2025-03-27
Court Decision / Holding
The bail applications are allowed with conditions: the petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer within four weeks for interrogation; after interrogation, if arrest is proposed, the petitioner shall be released on bail on executing a bond of Rs. 50,000 with two solvent sureties; the petitioner shall not leave India without permission of the jurisdictional court; shall not commit any similar offence; if any violation occurs, bail can be canceled; the order emphasizes the bail principle and cites relevant precedents; the investigation may proceed and recovery measures can be taken concurrently under the law.
Final Disposition
Bail Granted

Parties to the Case

Appellants / Petitioners

  • ANANTHAKRISHNAN

Respondents

  • State of Kerala represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam

Legal Representation & Advocates

Counsels for Petitioners

  • • C.S.MANU
  • • S.K.PREMRAJ
  • • V.SARITHA
  • • DILU JOSEPH
  • • C.A.ANUPAMAN
  • • T.B.SIVAPRASAD
  • • NEETHU.K.SHAJI
  • • C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR
  • • MANJU E.R.
  • • ALINT JOSEPH
  • • PAUL JOSE
  • • DAINY DAVIS
  • • RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN
  • • MAHESH KUMAR K.

Counsels for Respondents

  • • SRI.NOUSHAD.K.A, SR.PP
  • • HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP
  • • SRI. NOUSHAD K.A (additional PP)

Case Synopsis & Summary

This is a common-ordered bail decision by the Kerala High Court, arising from multiple connected bail applications filed by a single petitioner, Ananthakrishnan, who is an accused in a cluster of crimes registered across Aranmula, Koipuram and Thiruvalla police stations between 2022 and 2023. The petitioner faces offences under IPC sections 406 and 420, read with 34, and under the BUDS Act (Sections 3, 4, 5) as well as the Kerala Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013 (Section 5), in several crimes including 31/2023, 1013/2022, 1018/2022, 1053/2022, 1054/2022, 1159/2022, 85/2023, 39/2023, 116/2023, 57/2023, 117/2023, 205/2023, 78/2023, 222/2023, 27/2023, 36/2023 and 274/2023. The petitioners (in all connected files) are the same person; the prosecution contends that the deposits scheme involved large sums with possible absconding, while the defense argues the accused is a non-operational director living abroad (Singapore) and not involved in day-to-day operations, and is ready to appear for interrogation and comply with conditions. The court repeatedly emphasizes bail as the rule and jail as the exception, citing Chidambaram, Siddharth, Manish Sisodia, Anzar Azeez, and Sushila Aggarwal to justify grant of bail under conditions. The order ultimately allows bail with conditions including appearance before the Investigating Officer within four weeks, bond of Rs. 50,000 with two sureties after interrogation if arrest is contemplated, a no-leave-India restriction, and a clause enabling cancellation of bail on violation. The decision underscores the balance between personal liberty and public interest and leaves room for future monitoring of the investigations.

Provisions of Law Cited

Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS)Sections 406, 420 read with 34 of IPCSections 3, 4 & 5 of the BUDS Act, 2019Section 5 of the Kerala Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013

Legal Doctrines & Maxims

  • Bail is the rule and jail is the exception
  • Personal liberty and right to fair trial
  • Arrest: power to arrest vs. justification to arrest (Joginder Kumar)
  • Judicial guidance on bail in economic/offence contexts (Manish Sisodia)
  • Application of Anzar Azeez v. State of Kerala principles
  • Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi) guidance on bail conditions
  • Chidambaram P. v. Directorate of Enforcement (bail jurisprudence)
  • Siddharth v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another

Submissions & Arguments

Contentions of Appellants / Petitioners

The petitioner contends that he is the son of the Managing Director of the Company, resides abroad (Singapore) and has not participated in day-to-day management; having gone abroad in 2019, he is ready to appear before the Investigating Officer (IO) and abide by any conditions; the offences are serious but bail is warranted given he is only a director and the Managing Director (father) has been arrested and released; the court should safeguard personal liberty and permit bail with conditions pending investigation.

Contentions of Respondents

The State contends that large deposits were collected under a possibly unregulated scheme, with failure to return deposits; the petitioner’s absence from India and potential to influence witnesses justify stringent bail denial; however, after considering circumstances, the court may grant bail with conditions to ensure cooperation and investigation.

Cited Precedents (6)

Case NameCitationTreatmentExplanation
Chidambaram P. v. Directorate of Enforcement2019 (16) SCALE 870PositiveUsed to articulate the bail principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception.
Siddharth v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another2021(5)KHC 353PositiveSupports personal liberty and bail norms in material offences.
Joginder Kumar v. State of UP and Others1994 SCC 260PositiveDistinguishes power to arrest from obligation; supports cautious arrest and bail considerations.
Manish Sisodia v. Central Bureau of Investigation2023 KHC 6961PositiveAffirms that grave economic offences do not automatically bar bail.
Anzar Azeez v. State of Kerala2025 SCC OnLine KER 1260PositivePrinciple applied in this context; supports the bail grant.
Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi) and another2020 (1) KHC 663PositiveGuides bail conditions and the supervisory approach to maintain fairness during investigation.

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``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ``` PRESENT ``` ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3806 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.31/2023 OF Aranmula Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHAKRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT,, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031`** - **`2 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031`** ``` SRI.NOUSHAD.K.A, SR.PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3810/2025, 3812/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 2 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ## **`BAIL APPL. NO. 3810 OF 2025`** ``` CRIME NO.1013/2022 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHAKRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` SRI.NOUSHAD.K.A, SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 3 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ## **`BAIL APPL. NO. 3812 OF 2025`** ``` CRIME NO.1018/2022 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHAKRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` 4 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ## **`BAIL APPL. NO. 3814 OF 2025`** ``` CRIME NO.1053/2022 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHAKRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 5 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3816 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.1054/2022 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 6 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3817 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.1159/2022 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A,SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 7 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3834 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.85/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 8 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & ``` ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3835 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.39/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHA KRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU DILU JOSEPH S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 9 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3837 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.116/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A,SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 10 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3838 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.57/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHA KRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A,SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 11 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3839 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.117/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A,SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 12 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3840 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.205/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. C.A.ANUPAMAN ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOOUSHAD.K.A,SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 13 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3844 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.78/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHA KRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. NEETHU.K.SHAJI ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 14 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3845 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.222/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 15 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3849 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.27/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHA KRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 16 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3850 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.36/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHA KRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR,PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A, SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 17 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3851 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.274/2023 OF Koipuram Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 18 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3852 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.2099/2022 OF Thiruvalla Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 19 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3854 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.2056/2022 OF Thiruvalla Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` HRITHWIK.C.S, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 20 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3856 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.1873/2022 OF Thiruvalla Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ## **`ANANTHAKRISHNAN`** ``` AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR MANJU E.R. ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD, SR PP ``` ``` THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 21 ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM ``` ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN ``` ``` THURSDAY, THE 27[TH] DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO. 3857 OF 2025 ``` ``` CRIME NO.1849/2022 OF Thiruvalla Police Station, Pathanamthitta ``` ## **`PETITIONER/S:`** ``` ANANTHAKRISHNAN AGED 28 YEARS S/O ANILKUMAR, SREERAMA SADANAM, KURIYANNOOR, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, PIN - 689550 ``` ``` BY ADVS. C.S.MANU S.K.PREMRAJ V.SARITHA DILU JOSEPH C.A.ANUPAMAN T.B.SIVAPRASAD NEETHU.K.SHAJI C.Y.VIJAY KUMAR ALINT JOSEPH PAUL JOSE DAINY DAVIS RILNA RADHAKRISHNAN MAHESH KUMAR K. ``` ## **`RESPONDENT/S:`** ``` STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 ``` ``` NOUSHAD.K.A, SR PP ``` ## **`THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON`** ``` 27.03.2025, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..3806/2025 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` `22` **P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J** **------------------------------------------------------------B.A.Nos.3806, 3810, 3812, 3814, 3816, 3817, 3834, 3835, 3837, 3838, 3839, 3840, 3844, 3845, 3849, 3850, 3851, 3852, 3854, 3856 & 3857 of 2025 ----------------------------------------------------------Dated this the 27[th] day of March, 2025** ## **COMMON ORDER** These bail applications are filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. These bail applications are connected and therefore, I am disposing of these cases by a common order. 2. The petitioner in these cases are one and the same person. He is an accused in Crime No.31/2023 of Aranmula Police Station, Crime Nos.2099, 2056, 1849 & 1873/2022 of Thiruvalla Police Station & Crime Nos.1013, 1018, 1053, 1054 & 1159/2022, Crime Nos.85, 39, 116, 57, 117, 205, 78, 222, 27, 36 & 274/2023 of Koipuram Police Station. The above cases are now investigated by the Crime Branch Police. The above cases are registered against the petitioner alleging offences punishable under Sections 406 **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` `23` and 420 r/w 34 of IPC, Sections 3, 4 & 5 of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 (for short ‘BUDS Act’). Section 5 of the Kerala Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013 is also alleged against the petitioner in Crime No.31/2023. 3. The prosecution case is that, the petitioner and the other accused cheated the defacto complainant’s in these cases by collecting huge amounts from them as deposits. It is alleged that neither the deposited amount nor the interest is not returned. Hence, it is alleged that the accused committed the offence. 4. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. 5. The counsel for the petitioner submitted that, the allegation against the petitioner is not correct. It is submitted that the petitioner is the son of the Managing Director of the Company. He is settled in Singapore and he is not attending the day-to-day affairs of the Company. It is submitted that the petitioner went abroad in 2019. He has no **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` `24` connection with the Company. His father added him as a Director. Different contentions are raised by the petitioner stating that it is not an unregulated deposit scheme. The counsel also submitted that the petitioner is ready to abide any conditions imposed by this Court, if this Court grants him bail. 6. The Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application. Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner is now not in India. But the counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is coming back to India on 15.04.2025 and the travel document is also produced. 7. This Court considered the contentions of the petitioner and the Public Prosecutor. It is true that the allegation against the petitioner and other accused are serious. But, the petitioner is only one of the Directors of the Company. The Managing Director is the father of the petitioner. He was already arrested and released on bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I think, the petitioner can be directed to appear before the **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` `25` Investigating Officer and after interrogation if arrest is recorded, there can be a direction to release the petitioner on bail. 8. Moreover, it is a well accepted principle that the bail is the rule and the jail is the exception. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in **Chidambaram. P v Directorate of Enforcement** [2019 (16) SCALE 870], after considering all the earlier judgments, observed that, the basic jurisprudence relating to bail remains the same inasmuch as the grant of bail is the rule and refusal is the exception so as to ensure that the accused has the opportunity of securing fair trial. 9. Recently the Apex Court in **Siddharth v State of Uttar Pradesh and Another** [2021(5)KHC 353] considered the point in detail. The relevant paragraph of the above judgment is extracted hereunder. “12. We may note that personal liberty is an important aspect of our constitutional mandate. The occasion to arrest an accused during investigation arises when custodial investigation becomes necessary or it is a heinous crime or where there is a possibility of influencing the witnesses or accused may abscond. Merely because an **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ## `BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES` ``` 26 ``` arrest can be made because it is lawful does not mandate that arrest must be made. A distinction must be made between the existence of the power to arrest and the justification for exercise of it. (Joginder Kumar v. State of UP and Others (1994 KHC 189: (1994) 4 SCC 260: 1994 (1) KLT 919: 1994 (2) KLJ 97: AIR 1994 SC 1349: 1994 CriLJ 1981)) If arrest is made routine, it can cause incalculable harm to the reputation and self-esteem of a person. If the Investigating Officer has no reason to believe that the accused will abscond or disobey summons and has, in fact, throughout cooperated with the investigation we fail to appreciate why there should be a compulsion on the officer to arrest the accused.” ## 10. In **Manish Sisodia v. Central Bureau of** **Investigation** [2023 KHC 6961], the Apex Court observed that, even if the allegation is one of grave economic offence, it is not a rule that bail should be denied in every case. Considering the dictum laid down in the above decisions and considering the facts and circumstances of these cases, these Bail Applications are allowed with the following conditions: 1. The petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer within four weeks from today and shall undergo interrogation. **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ## `BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES` ``` 27 ``` 2. After interrogation, if the Investigating Officer propose to arrest the petitioner, he shall be released on bail on executing a bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/-(Rupees Fifty Thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting officer concerned. 3. The petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer for interrogation as and when required. The petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation and shall not, directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. 4. Petitioner shall not leave India without permission of the jurisdictional Court. 5. Petitioner shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` ``` 28 ``` suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. 6. The observations and findings in this order is only for the purpose of deciding this bail application. The principle laid down by this Court in **Anzar Azeez v. State of Kerala** [2025 SCC OnLine KER 1260] is applicable in this case also. 7. Needless to mention, it would be well within the powers of the investigating officer to investigate the matter and, if necessary, to effect recoveries on the information, if any, given by the petitioner even while the petitioner is on bail as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in **Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi) and another** [2020 (1) KHC 663]. 8. If any of the above conditions are violated by the petitioner, the jurisdictional court can cancel the bail in accordance to law, even though this bail is granted by this Court. The prosecution ``` 2025:KER:26522 ``` ``` BAIL APPL. NO.3806 OF 2025 & CONNECTED CASES ``` **==> picture [58 x 57] intentionally omitted <==** `29` and the victims are at liberty to approach the jurisdictional court to cancel the bail, if any of the above conditions are violated. **Sd/P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN JUDGE** SSG