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2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 33945
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J
AMAL SHANMUGHAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
Bail Application | B.A. No. 4167 of 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.M.MADHUBHEN, SHRI.SUJITH C.D., SRI.A.JOSEPH GEORGE (AZHIKKAKATH), SMT.PADMINIDEVI.C
For the Respondents: SMT. SREEJA V., PP
A bail application is deemed infructuous if the accused has previously been granted bail for the same offences.
Headnote:This bail application was filed under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The petitioner is the accused in Crime No. 170 of 2025 of Maradu Police Station, registered for offences punishable under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The court found that the allegations constituted bailable offences and noted the petitioner had been released on bail earlier, rendering the current application infructuous. The court ultimately dismissed the application as infructuous.
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| 1. bail application's basis and underlying accusations. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. outcomes based on bailable status and prior bail context. (Para 3) |
ORDER
This bail application is filed under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’).
2. Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.170 of 2025 of Maradu Police Station, Ernakulam, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126 (2) and 115(2) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.
3. The learned Public Prosecutor, upon instructions, submitted that the offences alleged against the petitioner are all bailable offences and that on 20.03.2025 itself petitioner was arrested and released on bail.
In view of the above, this bail application has become infructuous.
