Mohammed Anas v. State Of Kerala

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.HARIPRASAD WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2015/25TH BHADRA, 1937 Bail Appl..No. 5220 of 2015 ------------------------------------- CRIME NO. 581/2015 OF PERINTHALMANNA POLICE STATION , MALAPPURAM -------------------- PETITIONER(S)/ACCUSED:

------------------------------------- MOHAMMED ANAS, AGED 23 YEARS, S/O.KUTTAPPA, KAMPRATHU HOUSE, CHETHALOOR PO, PALAKKAD DISTRICT.

BY ADV. SRI.K.RAKESH RESPONDENT(S)/STATE & COMPLAINANT:

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1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI 682031.

2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PERINTHALMANNA POLICE STATION, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN 679322.

BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT.R.REMA THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16-09-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: PJ

A.HARIPRASAD, J.

------------------------------------------------ B.A.No.5220 of 2015 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of September, 2015

O R D E R

Application filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2.

Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.581 of 2015 of Perinthalmanna Police Station registered for the offences punishable under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 20 & 21 of the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001. 3.

Prosecution case is that on 21.04.2015, the petitioner was found transporting river sand in a Mini Lorry bearing No.KL-09H/8806 without any proper documents or authority. Petitioner pleaded innocence.

4.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor.

5.

The offences alleged against the petitioner have a direct bearing on the ecological balance and economic interest of this Country. Therefore, I am of the view that the petitioner is not entitled to get anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

B.A.No.5220 of 2015 The petitioner shall surrender before the Investigating Officer within a period of '15 days' from today and submit himself for interrogation. The Investigating Officer shall produce him before the learned Magistrate having jurisdiction on the date of surrender itself. Thereafter, the petitioner is free to move for bail before the learned Magistrate and in that event, the learned Magistrate may consider the application on merits if possible on the date of surrender itself.

Sd/- A.HARIPRASAD, JUDGE.

AS /True Copy/ P.A. to Judge