IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
MUHAMMED SHAHUL – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
BAIL APPL. NO. 340 OF 2026 | CRIME NO.1095/2025
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| 1. summary of factual allegations (Para 2) |
| 2. court's rationale for granting bail (Para 4 , 6) |
ORDER
This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS )
seeking regular bail.
2. The applicants are the accused Nos. 1 to 3 in Crime No.1095/2025 of Nilambur Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section s 329 (3), 326(f), 326(g) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that at about
1.25 am on 1.12.2025, the applicants due to their prior animosity to the defacto complainant, in furtherance of their common intention, criminally trespassed into the courtyard of the house of the defacto complainant's friend at Nilambur and set fire on the car bearing registration No.KL-71-L-9755 which was parked in the courtyard and owned by the defacto complainant's aunt. The car was partially burned and the fire spread to the windows of the house, thereby the defacto complainant sustained a loss of ₹3,75,000/- and thereby committed the offences.
4. I have heard Sri. Samsudin Panolan, the learned counsel for the applicants and Smt. Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary. 5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicants with the alleged crime; hence, they are entitled to bail. On the other hand, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor submitted that the alleged incident occurred as a part of the intentional criminal acts of the applicants, and they are not entitled to bail at this stage.
6. The applicants were remanded to judicial custody on 6.12.2025. The investigation is almost over. For these reasons, I do not find any reason to hold that the continued detention of the applicants is required for any purpose. Hence, the applicants are entitled to be released on bail.
In the result, the application is allowed on the following conditions: -
(i) The applicants shall be released on bail on executing a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only) each with two solvent sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Magistrate/Court.
(ii) The applicants shall fully co-operate with the investigation.
(iii) The applicants shall appear before the investigating officer between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m every Saturday until further orders. They shall also appear before the investigating officer as and when required.
(iv) The applicants shall not commit any offence of a like nature while on bail.
(v) The applicants shall not attempt to contact any of the prosecution witnesses, directly or through any other person, or in any other way try to tamper with the evidence or influence any witnesses or other persons related to the investigation.
(vi) The applicants shall not leave the State of Kerala without the permission of the trial Court.
(vii) The application, if any, for deletion/modification of the bail conditions or cancellation of bail on the grounds of violating the bail conditions shall be filed at the jurisdictional court.
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