ORDER

Dated this the 17th day of September, 2021 One fine morning the Bar Association, Alappuzha received an anonymous letter alleging that the petitioner, a lady who is not a graduate in law and not enrolled as an Advocate before the Bar Council of Kerala, is practising in the Courts in the District. Then the Bar Association without delay decided in setting the law into motion by lodging a complaint. Pursuant to the complaint forwarded by the Bar Association, Alappuzha, Crime No. 474 of 2021 has been registered by the North Police Station, Alappuzha against the petitioner for having committed offences punishable under Sections 417, 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Apprehending arrest in connection with the said crime, the petitioner has approached this Court with this application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2. The prosecution case in a nutshell are as follows:

The petitioner is a native of Alappuzha. She was practising as a Lawyer in various courts at Alappuzha for the last two and a half years with the enrolment number of another Advocate. She fraudulently approached the Bar Association, Alappuzha with enrolment number K/1177/2018, which belongs to an a