{"id":194881,"date":"2008-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/anwar-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-17-june-2008"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:07:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T08:37:44","slug":"anwar-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-17-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/anwar-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-17-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"Anwar vs The State Of Kerala on 17 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Anwar vs The State Of Kerala on 17 June, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nBail Appl..No. 3822 of 2008()\n\n\n1. ANWAR, S\/O. ALI,THACHARAMBAN HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.BABU S. NAIR\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice K.HEMA\n\n Dated :17\/06\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                           K.HEMA, J.\n                  -------------------------------------------\n                        B.A.No.3822 of 2008\n                 -------------------------------------------\n              Dated this the 17th day of June, 2008\n\n\n                                 ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The petitioner is an absconding accused. He is the third<\/p>\n<p>accused in the case. He was originally granted bail by the lower<\/p>\n<p>court. But he absconded and hence, non bailable warrant was<\/p>\n<p>issued against him. Proceedings under Sections 82 and 83 of the<\/p>\n<p>Code of Criminal Procedure (the code, for short) were initiated<\/p>\n<p>against him. Thereafter, the case was transferred to the register<\/p>\n<p>of long pending cases. The petitioner now apprehend arrest in<\/p>\n<p>view of the warrant issued.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.   Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner had gone abroad, in connection with his employment<\/p>\n<p>and hence, he could not appear before the court below. The<\/p>\n<p>absence is not willful nor deliberate. But, petitioner apprehends<\/p>\n<p>that he will be remanded to custody, in the event of his<\/p>\n<p>surrender before the court. Hence, he requests that anticipatory<\/p>\n<p>bail may be granted to him.\n<\/p>\n<p>      3.    Section 438 of the Code reads as follows: Section<\/p>\n<p>438 (1) of the Code lays down that where any person has reason<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">BA 3822\/08                       2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>to believe that he may be arrested on accusation of having<\/p>\n<p>committed a non-bailable offence, he may apply to the High<\/p>\n<p>Court or Sessions Court under the Section that in the event of<\/p>\n<p>his arrest he shall be released on bail. The provision can be<\/p>\n<p>invoked only in cases where the apprehension of arrest is &#8220;on the<\/p>\n<p>accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence&#8221;. The<\/p>\n<p>reason for the arrest must be the commission of a non-bailable<\/p>\n<p>offence by the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>      4.   But, in this case, the petitioner apprehends arrest not<\/p>\n<p>on account of his commission of non-bailable offence. Such<\/p>\n<p>apprehension is over.     He was granted bail also.      But, the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner faces threat of arrest only because he has jumped the<\/p>\n<p>bail granted by the court and he has violated the conditions<\/p>\n<p>imposed while granting bail. On going through Section 438, it is<\/p>\n<p>clear that the provision can be invoked only if the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>apprehends arrest on the accusation that he has committed non<\/p>\n<p>bailable offence.   The present apprehension of arrest is only<\/p>\n<p>because a non-bailable warrant is issued by a court since he<\/p>\n<p>absented himself during trial and not because he is an accused in<\/p>\n<p>a non-bailable offence. So, strictly speaking, it cannot be said<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">BA 3822\/08                       3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>that he is apprehending arrest on accusation of having<\/p>\n<p>committed a non-bailable offence.       He is required for arrest<\/p>\n<p>because of his absence in the court, and for execution of a non-<\/p>\n<p>bailable warrant issued by a competent court.              So, the<\/p>\n<p>requirement under Section 438 Crl.P.C. will not be satisfied and<\/p>\n<p>the said provision cannot be invoked in situation like this.<\/p>\n<p>     5.    It is only because, the petitioner was absent and could<\/p>\n<p>not be procured for trial that a warrant was issued. Whatever be<\/p>\n<p>the consequences, the petitioner is bound to suffer but Section<\/p>\n<p>438 Crl.P.C. is not the remedy. If he has genuine reasons for his<\/p>\n<p>absence, the trial court itself will consider the same and grant<\/p>\n<p>appropriate relief. But, in my view, this court cannot invoke<\/p>\n<p>Section 438 Crl.P.C. to grant anticipatory bail.<\/p>\n<p>     6.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that<\/p>\n<p>there is no bar in granting anticipatory bail even after<\/p>\n<p>cognizance is taken and charge sheet is submitted.          He has<\/p>\n<p>relied upon the decision reported in N.Santosh Hegde and<\/p>\n<p>B.P.Singh (AIR 2003 Supreme Court 4662). The relevant<\/p>\n<p>portion of which is extracted herein:\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">BA 3822\/08                     4<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>    &#8220;The object of Section 438 is to prevent undue<\/p>\n<p>    harassment of the accused persons by pre-trial arrest<\/p>\n<p>    and detention. The fact, that a Court has either taken<\/p>\n<p>    cognizance of the complaint or the Investigating<\/p>\n<p>    agency has filed a charge- sheet, would not by itself, in<\/p>\n<p>    our opinion, prevent the concerned Courts from<\/p>\n<p>    granting anticipatory bail in appropriate cases. The<\/p>\n<p>    gravity of the offence is an important factor to be<\/p>\n<p>    taken   into   consideration  while   granting    such<\/p>\n<p>    anticipatory bail so also the need for custodial<\/p>\n<p>    interrogation, but these are only factors that must be<\/p>\n<p>    borne in mind by the concerned Courts while<\/p>\n<p>    entertaining a petition for grant of anticipatory bail<\/p>\n<p>    and the fact of taking cognizance or filing of charge-<\/p>\n<p>    sheet cannot by themselves be construed as a<\/p>\n<p>    prohibition against the grant of anticipatory bail. In<\/p>\n<p>    our opinion, the Courts i.e., the Court of Sessions,<\/p>\n<p>    High Court or this Court has the necessary power<\/p>\n<p>    vested in them to grant anticipatory bail in non-<\/p>\n<p>    bailable offences under Section 438 of Crl.P.C. even<\/p>\n<p>    when cognizance is taken or charge-sheet is filed<\/p>\n<p>    provided the facts of the case require the Court to do<\/p>\n<p>    so.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>     7.   On going through the said decision, it is made clear by<\/p>\n<p>the Supreme Court was only laying down that there is no bar in<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">BA 3822\/08                       5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>granting anticipatory bail even after taking cognizance and also<\/p>\n<p>after filing of charge sheet in appropriate case. The above<\/p>\n<p>decision is not quite relevant in the present context.         The<\/p>\n<p>question here is whether the petitioner is sought to be arrested<\/p>\n<p>on the ground that he is accused of a non-bailable offence or not.<\/p>\n<p>Since the arrest is not on that ground but it is due to the warrant<\/p>\n<p>lawfully issued by a competent court, it is not proper for this<\/p>\n<p>court to intervene under Section 438 Crl.P.C.         Section 438<\/p>\n<p>Crl.P.C. is not intended to be invoked for interfering with lawful<\/p>\n<p>orders issued by a competent court, especially when there is<\/p>\n<p>nothing to show that the order for arrest was issued baselessly.<\/p>\n<p>      8.   Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner is prepared to surrender before the court below and a<\/p>\n<p>direction may be given to the lower court to dispose of the bail<\/p>\n<p>application on the same day of filing of the petition.<\/p>\n<p>      9.   On hearing both sides, I am satisfied that the<\/p>\n<p>following direction can be given:\n<\/p>\n<p>      10. In the event of the surrender of the petitioner before<\/p>\n<p>the trial court and in case an application for bail is filed with<\/p>\n<p>prior notice to the prosecutor the court below shall not protract<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">BA 3822\/08                       6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>disposal of application but it shall be disposed of as expeditiously<\/p>\n<p>as possible.\n<\/p>\n<p>     The petition is disposed of accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                K.HEMA, JUDGE<br \/>\ncsl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Anwar vs The State Of Kerala on 17 June, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Bail Appl..No. 3822 of 2008() 1. ANWAR, S\/O. ALI,THACHARAMBAN HOUSE, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.BABU S. NAIR For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon&#8217;ble MRS. 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