ORDER :

These are applications filed under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. by the first accused in OR No.1/2021 and accused Nos.2, 3 and 1 respectively in OR No.41/2021, both of Meppadi forest range. The petitioner in Bail Application No.2109/2021 and the third petitioner in the other application are one and the same. They are brothers. Apprehending arrest in these cases, they have moved this Court seeking pre-arrest bail. An interim order has been passed in BA No.2109/2021, by order dated 08.04.2021, directing to release the petitioner on anticipatory bail on execution of bond for Rs.50,000/-. Now the petitioner in BA No.2109/2021 wants to make that order absolute.

2. BA No.2109/2021 is in respect of OR 1/2021 of Meppadi forest range; that occurrence report was registered alleging offence under Sections 27(i) (d)(e)(iii) & (iv) and Sections 39, 40, 52 and 61A of the Kerala Forest Act, 1961, besides under Sections 12 and 23 of the Kerala Forest Produce Transit Rules, 1975. It is submitted that during the course of investigation offence under Sections 2(c)(o) 7, 24 and 25 of the Biolog