{"id":216925,"date":"2010-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balaso-kakaso-nikam-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-27-january-2010"},"modified":"2015-03-26T09:23:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T03:53:20","slug":"balaso-kakaso-nikam-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-27-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balaso-kakaso-nikam-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-27-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Balaso Kakaso Nikam vs The State Of Kerala on 27 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Balaso Kakaso Nikam vs The State Of Kerala on 27 January, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nBail Appl..No. 354 of 2010()\n\n\n1. BALASO KAKASO NIKAM,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. ARUN KISAN SAVANT, AGED 25,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n3. THE SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.BABU PAUL\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN\n\n Dated :27\/01\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                        K.T. SANKARAN, J.\n                      ---------------------------\n                      ,B.A. No. 354 of 2010\n                  ------------------------------------\n             Dated this the 27th day of January, 2010\n\n\n                             O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Apprehending arrest on an accusation of having committed<\/p>\n<p>non bailable offence, the petitioner has filed this application for<\/p>\n<p>bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.<\/p>\n<p>      2. It is alleged that a quantity of 6279 grams of gold were<\/p>\n<p>seized from the petitioners by the police.          According to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners, they were legally entitled to possess the gold.<\/p>\n<p>      3. The learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the second<\/p>\n<p>respondent submitted that the articles were handed over to the<\/p>\n<p>Income Tax Department and that the police has not registered<\/p>\n<p>any crime. Sri. C.P. Udayabhanu, the Special Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n<p>appearing for the third respondent submitted that the Directorate<\/p>\n<p>of Revenue Intelligence has not obtained possession of any gold<\/p>\n<p>and that they have no intention to arrest the petitioners. Since<\/p>\n<p>respondents 2 and 3 made it clear that they have no intention to<\/p>\n<p>arrest the petitioners, there need not be any positive direction to<\/p>\n<p>them under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">B.A. No. 354 of 2010         2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      The submission made by the learned Public Prosecutor and<\/p>\n<p>the Special Public Prosecutor are recorded and the Bail<\/p>\n<p>Application is closed with liberty to the petitioners to approach<\/p>\n<p>this court again as and when occasion arises.<\/p>\n<p>                                 K.T. SANKARAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>ln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Balaso Kakaso Nikam vs The State Of Kerala on 27 January, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Bail Appl..No. 354 of 2010() 1. BALASO KAKASO NIKAM, &#8230; Petitioner 2. ARUN KISAN SAVANT, AGED 25, Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. 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