The Kerala High Court on Friday approved anticipatory bail to snake catcher Vava Suresh in a case signed up versus him for presumably showing a poisonous snake at an occasion in Federal government Medical College, Kozhikode.
Justice Viju Abraham stated custodial interrogation of the petitioner might not be needed for the function of examination and just a minimal custody be approved for the stated function. “For that reason, I am inclined to give bail to the petitioner topic to strict conditions,” stated the court.
According to Thamarassery Forest Variety Workplace, Kozhikode, Suresh devoted offenses under Areas 2, 9, 40 and 51 of the Wild Life Defense Act by showing “an extremely harmful cobra beside the mike while providing his speech” at the occasion.
Approving bail to the petitioner, the court directed him to surrender prior to the examining officer on 06.01.2023, at 11 am, and subject himself for interrogation on that day and on any other day or days as directed by the examining officer.
The Court likewise directed the petitioner to comply with the examination.
In case of arrest, the court stated, the petitioner will be produced prior to the jurisdictional Court on the really exact same day and be launched on bail, based on the list below conditions:
( i) The petitioner will carry out a bond for an amount of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand just) with 2 solvent sureties each for the like-sum to the fulfillment of the jurisdictional court;
( ii) The petitioner will appear prior to the examining officer in O. R. No. 12/2022 of Thamarassery Forest Variety Workplace, Kozhikode as and when summoned to do so;
( iii) The petitioner will not try to call the defacto plaintiff or disrupt the examination or to affect or daunt any witness in O. R. No. 12/2022 of Thamarassery Forest Variety Workplace, Kozhikode;
( iv) The petitioner will not associate with any other criminal activity while on bail.
The court, prior to parting with the order, made it clear that it is within the power of the authorities to examine the matter “and if needed to impact healings on the info if any offered by the petitioner, even when the petitioner is on bail based on the judgment of the Peak Court in Sushila Aggarwal and others v. State( NCT of Delhi) and another“
Supporter M R Sarin stood for the Petitioner.
Public District Attorney Supporter Nagaraj Narayanan stood for the Participants.
Case Title: Suresh B @ Vava Suresh v. State of Kerala & & Anr
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw( Ker) 659
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