IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Bail Appl..No. 4015 of 2009()
1. RAJAN @ PUNCHIRI RAJAN,AGED 47 YEARS,
... Petitioner
2. WILLIAM SILVA,AGED 51 YEARS,
Vs
1. STATE OF KERALA,REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
... Respondent
For Petitioner :SRI.P.VIJAYA BHANU
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN
Dated :23/07/2009
O R D E R
K.T.SANKARAN, J.
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B.A.No.4015 of 2009
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Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2009
ORDER
This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure. The petitioners are accused Nos.4 and 5 in
O.R.No.3 of 2009 of Kulathupuzha Forest Range.
2. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under
Sections 9 and 39 of the Wild Life Protection Act and Section 27(1)(e)
(iv) of the Kerala Forest Act.
3. The prosecution case is that from the reserve forest a
tusker was shot dead by some of the accused persons. The tusks were
sold by them to the fourth accused, who sold it to the fifth accused.
The petitioners were arrested on 12.6.2009 and they are in judicial
custody.
4. The petitioners filed Bail Application No.3665 of 2009 which
was dismissed by a detailed order dated 7th July 2009. Some of the
accused persons are yet to be arrested. There is no change of
circumstances except that a few days passed after the order dated 7th
July 2009. I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this
stage.
The Bail Application is accordingly dismissed.
K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE
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