O R D E R

Dated this the 4th day of January 2021 Application for regular bail under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.

The applicant is the 9th accused in Crime No.859/2020 of Munambom Police Station for having allegedly committed offences punishable under Sections 120B, 302, 212 r/w Section

34 of IPC.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the applicant, a notorious criminal having several criminal antecedents had helped the other accused, who had participated in committing the murder of a person named Pranav by taking him to the house of one Job who is cited as charge witness No.45 and had given them shelter. The charge witness No.45 did not know about the involvement of the persons in the aforesaid crimes, but the applicant was allegedly aware of their involvement in the aforesaid crime. Knowing that fact, he took them and assisted them to be harboured in the house of CW45 and thereafter he took them to another places also for the purpose of harbouring and shielding them from being arrested.

3. The applicant states that admittedly he has no active involvement in the act of murder. The specific allegation against him is only for an offence punishable under Section 212 of IPC, which is a baila