{"id":37487,"date":"2008-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gopi-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-june-2008"},"modified":"2017-12-24T07:22:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T01:52:58","slug":"gopi-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gopi-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"Gopi Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 17 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Gopi Pillai vs 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. 3635 of 2008(G)\n\n\n1. GOPI PILLAI, AGED 63, S\/O.GOPALA PILLAI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. FOREST RANGE OFFICER, PALODE.\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.VARGHESE C.KURIAKOSE\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                  -----------------------------------------\n                         B.A.No.3635 of 2008\n                  -----------------------------------------\n\n               Dated this the 17th day of June, 2008\n\n                               O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>      This petition is for anticipatory bail.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2. A crime is registered under Sections 9, 39, 51 of the Wild<\/p>\n<p>Life Protection Act against the petitioner and another, on the<\/p>\n<p>allegation that they have hunted Wild Pig and shared the meat. The<\/p>\n<p>meat was seized from the property of the second accused.<\/p>\n<p>      3. Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that the seizure<\/p>\n<p>mahazar does not even mention the name of the petitioner. As per<\/p>\n<p>the seizure mahazar, some meat was seized from the property of<\/p>\n<p>one Reji Thomas, who is the second accused in the crime. But, when<\/p>\n<p>the forest officials went to the accused&#8217;s house, he was not available<\/p>\n<p>there. Later, the petitioner is also made an accused in the crime<\/p>\n<p>without any basis, it is submitted. The petitioner is only a neighbour<\/p>\n<p>of said Reji Thomas.\n<\/p>\n<p>      4. Learned counsel for petitioner also submitted that the Wild<\/p>\n<p>Pig does not come under the Schedule and hence offence under<\/p>\n<p>Section 9 is not attracted. Only Wild Andaman Pig comes under<\/p>\n<p>Schedule-I, it is submitted.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">     BA.3635\/08                     2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      5. This petition is opposed. Learned Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n<p>submitted that three accused have committed offence together and<\/p>\n<p>petitioner is the first accused. He was engaged in hunting along<\/p>\n<p>with other two accused and they have shared the meat also. A<\/p>\n<p>portion of the meat was recovered from the property of the second<\/p>\n<p>accused under a mahazar. It is submitted that the third accused<\/p>\n<p>could not be so far arrested. It is also submitted that Wild Pig is<\/p>\n<p>also a wild animal coming in Schedule II as item No.19 and hunting<\/p>\n<p>of the said animal is also prohibited under Section 9 of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>      6. On hearing both sides, I am satisfied of the prima facie<\/p>\n<p>involvement of the petitioner in the offences and this is not a fit<\/p>\n<p>case to grant anticipatory bail especially since the co-accused is yet<\/p>\n<p>to be arrested.\n<\/p>\n<p>      This petition is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                   K.HEMA, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>vgs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Gopi Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 17 June, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Bail Appl..No. 3635 of 2008(G) 1. GOPI PILLAI, AGED 63, S\/O.GOPALA PILLAI, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. FOREST RANGE OFFICER, PALODE. 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