Petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C.
Petitioners are accused in Crime No. 533/2014 of Mannanthala Police Station. The wife of the first accused was an employee under the second accused. The 3rd and 5th accused, who are husband and wife, and the 7th accused also are employees there. Illicit relationship developed between the wife of the first accused and the 7th accused. On 21.05.2014 the wife of the first accused was found missing. Later, she was found out. She refused to live with the first accused. On 25.05.2014, the first accused after administering poison to his two children and his mother consumed poison with the intent to commit suicide. The two children died. He and the mother survived. The police have registered the case for the offences under Sections 302, 306, 307 and 309 I.P.C.
2. The allegation against the petitioners is that they abetted commission of the offences by the first accused. The learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the materials collected by the police do not disclose commission of any offence by the petitioners.
3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, and the learned counsel appearing for the mother of the first accused and the mother of the 7th accused who seek themselves to be impleaded in the matter, and the learned Public Prosecutor.
4. Before the first accused committed the offences, he had prepared a suicide note, a copy of which available in the case diary. In the suicide note, he has stated that the accused including the petitioners would be responsible for his death as they have ruined his family life. There is no allegation against the petitioners that they abetted commission of any of the offences alleged in the case. It is the disappointment resulted from the illicit relationship of his wife that prompted him to commit the offences, which is evident from his suicide note. It was submitted that on a previous day of the occurrence, the first accused was assaulted by some of the accused including the first petitioner. That has nothing to do with the offences alleged in this case. The materials collected by the police so far do not disclose commission by the petitioners of any of the offences for which the case has been registered.
5. I am satisfied that this is a fit case to invoke the jurisdiction of this court under Section 438 Cr.P.C. In the result this application is allowed.
1. The petitioners shall be released on bail on their executing a bond for Rs.25,000/- with two solvent sureties each for the like sum if they are arrested by the police in connection with this case.
2. They shall appear before the investigating officer if they are so required by him in writing.
3. They shall cooperate with the investigation.
They shall not make any attempt to influence the witnesses, nor shall they intimidate them.
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K. ABRAHAM MATHEW JV JUDGE //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE