ORDER :

This Bail Application is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

2. Petitioners are the accused in Crime No.291 of 2025 of Town East Police Station, Thrissur. The above case is registered against the petitioners alleging offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘ IPC ’).

3. The prosecution case is that the petitioners committed cheating and criminal breach of trust by fraudulently receiving a sum of Rs.42,00,000/- from the complainants under the pretext of a fixed deposit investment in a financial institution, offering an interest rate of 12.50% per annum. It is alleged that neither the principal amount nor the interest was returned. Hence it is alleged that the accused committed the offence.

4. Heard counsel for the petitioners and the Public Prosecutor.

5. When this bail application came up for consideration before this Court on 03.04.2025, this Court passed the following order:-

“Petitioners shall appear before the Investigating Officer on 07.04.2025 at 10.00 a.m. The Investigating Officer can interrogate with the petitioners. After interrogation, the Investigating Officer shall file a report before this Co