This is an application for regular bail filed under Section

439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2.

The petitioner/accused has been in custody since

13.08.2019.

3.

The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime

No.1297/2019 of Pooyappally Police Station, Kollam District,

registered for the offences punishable under Sections 457,

461 and 380 of the IPC.

4.

The prosecution allegation is as follows:

In the mid night of 13.08.2019, the petitioner broke

open the lock of the shutter of a hotel by name 'Sopanam

Hotel and Bakery' at Veliyan Junction, Kollam and committed

theft of an amount of Rs.90,730/- including Rs.75,730 kept in

the drawer of the cash counter of the hotel and also

Rs.15,000/- from the cash counter of the bakery and thereby

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committed the aforesaid offences.

5. The learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitted

that the petitioner is totally innocent of the allegations

levelled against him and he has not committed any offence as

alleged by the prosecution.

6.

The learned Public Prosecutor has submitted that

the petitioner was an employee of the same hotel and he had

some dispute with regard to his salary with the employer.

The investigation of the case is p