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Martin vs State Of Kerala

High Court Of Kerala|24 November, 2014
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JUDGMENT / ORDER

Petitioner is the 2nd accused in S.C. No. 185/2014 pending before the 4th Additional Sessions Court Thrissur, for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, 120(b) and 109 read with Section 34 IPC. 2. The prosecution case in short is that the petitioner and the other accused hatched a criminal conspiracy in pursuance of which, the murder of one Madhu was committed on 1.6.2013 in retaliation to an earlier murder. It is alleged accused Nos.1 & 2 have arranged accused Nos. 3 to 7 to execute the murder and consequent to that, the death of Madhu was caused. It has come out that after the above two murders, a further murder has also been taken place in retaliation to the murder of the said Madhu. The unfortunate victim in the 3rd murder is none other than the direct brother of the first accused herein.
3. This Court had occasion to consider a series of bail applications filed by the petitioner herein and the other accused earlier and those applications were dismissed by finding that the accused have to undergo detention till the disposal of the present Session Case.
4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. The learned counsel for the petitioner have pointed out that there is a change of circumstance at present as the trial has been scheduled before the court below for the period from 5/2/2015 onwards only, and therefore, they will have to undergo detention unnecessary till 5/2/2015. The same cannot be considered as a change of circumstance at all. Even during committal, the applications seeking bail were dismissed by this Court by directing the Committal Court to commit the matter expeditiously. After committal, the present case has been scheduled finally for trial. This Court does not consider the same as a change of circumstance at all. The bail applications were dismissed by this Court and finally the matter was dismissed by the Apex Court also.
Considering all the above and the seriousness of the allegations against the petitioner, I am of the view that the petitioner is not entitled to be enlarged on bail. In the result, this bail application is dismissed.
Sd/-
B.KEMAL PASHA, JUDGE dl // TRUE COPY // PA to Judge
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Title

Martin vs State Of Kerala

Court

High Court Of Kerala

JudgmentDate
24 November, 2014
Judges
  • B Kemal Pasha
Advocates
  • Smt
  • K Nandini