The petitioners herein who are spouses have been arrayed as accused

Nos.1 & 2 among the two accused in the instant Crime No.426/2019 of

Pantheerankavu Police Station, Kozhikode, registered for offences

punishable under Sec.392 of the IPC, in respect of the First Information

Statement given by the de facto complainant on 15.09.2019 at about

9.40 p.m., in respect of the alleged incidents which happened on

15.09.2019 at about 1 p.m. in the afternoon.

2.

The prosecution case in short is that on 15.09.2019 at about

1p.m., when the de facto complainant and his family members were praying

at a prayer hall in a mall in Kozhikode, the petitioners had snatched a gold

chain weighing 1 sovereign owned by the child of the de facto complainant

and thereby, they have committed the abovesaid offences. The petitioners

have been arrested and remanded in relation to this case on 03.10.2019

and thereafter, they have been under detention since then.

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3.

According to the prosecution, the investigation has revealed

that the accused persons are spouses and that they are frequently in the

activity of committing theft at prayer hall of malls and that on their

questioning the gold chain