IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS THURSDAY, THE 11^TH DAY OF JULY 2024 / 20TH ASHADHA, 1946 BAIL APPL. NO. 5437 OF 2024 CRIME NO.422/2024 OF PALLITHOTTAM POLICE STATION, KOLLAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

SAJAN @ SHAJAN AGED 35 YEARS S/O BABU; RESIDING AT: 44/815, THONDALIL PURAYIDAM, BEACH SOUTH, JONAKAPURAM, PALLITHOTTAM, KOLLAM, PIN - 691006 BY ADVS.

R.RAJESH (VARKALA)

M.KIRANLAL MANU RAMACHANDRAN SAMEER M NAIR T.S.SARATH SAILAKSHMI MENON JOTHISHA K.A.

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 OTHER PRESENT:

SR PP SMT NEEMA T V THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

11.07.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

Dated this the 11^th day of July, 2024

O R D E R

The application is filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Code’, for short), for an order of pre-arrest bail.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No.422/2024 of the Pallithottam Police Station, Kollam, which is registered against him for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 294(b), 323, 324 and 308 of the Indian Penal Code (in short, IPC).

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