IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.PRATHEEP KUMAR, J
MANIKANDAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner challenges bail conditions. (Para 1) |
| 2. request to omit relative sureties. (Para 2) |
| 3. court modifies bail stipulations. (Para 3) |
ORDER
Dated this the 5th day of February, 2026 The petitioner who is the accused in S.C.No.214/2013 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court, for the trial of cases relating to Atrocities and Sexual Violence against Women and Children, Thiruvananthapuram, filed this petition under Section 528 of BNSS , being aggrieved by a condition imposed by the learned Sessions Judge in Annexure 1 order directing him to produce two solvent sureties who are his close relatives so as to release him on bail.
2. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, he is ready to produce two solvent sureties and that the stipulation that the sureties shall be his close relatives is to be omitted.
3. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of modifying the condition no.a) in Annexure 1 as follows;
a) The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for like sum.
Sd/-
C. PRATHEEP KUMAR, JUDGE Pvv APPPENDIX OF CRL
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