IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Bail Appl No. 1783 of 2008(A)
1. ASHRAF AMEERKHAN, AGED 21 YEARS
... Petitioner
Vs
1. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE
... Respondent
2. STATE REP: BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
For Petitioner :SRI.T.G.RAJENDRAN
For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Hon'ble MR. Justice R.BASANT
Dated :25/03/2008
O R D E R
R. BASANT, J.
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B.A. No. 1783 OF 2008
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Dated this the 25th day of March, 2008
O R D E R
Application for regular bail. Petitioner faces
allegations in a crime registered for offences punishable, inter
alia, under sections 363 and 376 IPC. The alleged incident
took place on 5.3.08. The victim is a girl aged 14 years. The
petitioner is a person aged about 25 years. He is unmarried.
The victim girl and the petitioner boy were in love. The victim
had gone along with the petitioner. It is alleged that they did
have sexual intercourse after they so left the house. The
petitioner continues in custody from 8.3.08. The learned
counsel for the petitioner submits and the learned Public
Prosecutor, after taking further instructions, accepts the said
submission that the parents of the victim girl and the petitioner
boy had agreed that their marriage can be performed. They
are related even otherwise, it is submitted.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner prays, the
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learned Public Prosecutor does not oppose the said prayer
and I am satisfied that the petitioner, who has remained in
custody from 8.3.08, can now be enlarged on bail subject to
appropriate conditions.
3. In the result, this petition is allowed. The petitioner
shall be released on bail on the following terms and
conditions:
i) The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/-
(Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two solvent sureties
each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the learned
Magistrate.
ii) The petitioner shall make himself available for
interrogation before the investigating officer as and when
directed by the investigating officer in writing to do so.
(R.BASANT, JUDGE)
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