Kerala High CourtAnil Kumar @ Chathan vs State Of Kerala on 4 September, 2015Author:A. HariprasadBench:A.HariprasadIN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                                      PRESENT:

                          THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.HARIPRASAD

               FRIDAY,THE 4TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2015/13RD BHADRA, 1937

                                         Bail Appl..No. 5173 of 2015 ()
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          CRIME NO. 1/2015 OF KALLAR FOREST RANGE STATION, KOLLAM DISTRICT
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PETITIONER/ACCUSED:
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            ANIL KUMAR @ CHATHAN, AGED 37 YEARS,
            S/O. CHANDRAN, ACHANKOVIL GIRIJAN COLONY,
            ARYANKAVU VILLAGE, PUNALUR TALUK,
            KOLLAM DISTRICT.

             BY ADV. SRI.K.V.ANIL KUMAR

RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:
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            STATE OF KERALA,
            REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
            HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.

             BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.SHIBU JOSEPH

            THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION
            ON 04-09-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE
            FOLLOWING:




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                         A. HARIPRASAD, J.
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                       B.A.No.5173 of 2015
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             Dated this the 4th day of September, 2015

                                O R D E RPetition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C.2.    Petitioner is the 1st accused in O.R. No. 1 of 2015 of

Kallar Forest Range involved in offences punishable under

Sections 27(1)(e)&(iv) of theKerala Forest ActandSections 2(2),2(16),2(32),2(36),2(37),39,50and51of the Wild Life

Protection Act.3.    Prosecution case is that on 06.06.2015, at about

2.30 p.m., the forest officials noticed that a dead body of an

elephant without tusks. After preparing the mahazar, they

registered the crime. Investigation revealed the complicity of

the petitioner in the case.4.    Heard both sides.5.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

petitioner is innocent of the allegations levelled against him.6.    Learned     Public     Prosecutor        submitted that the

recovery of tusks was effected and final report has already been

filed in this case. Therefore, I find no reason to grant bail to the

petitioner.B.A.No. 5173 of 2015-: 2 :-In the result, this application is dismissed.Sd/-A. HARIPRASAD,
                                                        JUDGE

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