SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN v. UNION OF INDIA

BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., ASG OF INDIA SRI.SUNIL J., CGC SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:11:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 749 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.SURABHI SANTHOSH SMT.AISWARYA THANKACHAN SMT.MEERA JOPPAN RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASH BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, INDIA -110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KONGAD POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD, KERALA, PIN - 678 631 SURESH K.S AGED 37 YEARS, S/O SUBRAMANIAN KORAMUNDA HOUSE W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:12:- MANIKKASSERY P.O, KONGADU, PALAKKAD, KERALA - 678 631 *4 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.749/2022) BY ADVS. SRI.S.M.PREM SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:13:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 783 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.SURABHI SANTHOSH SMT.MEERA JOPPAN RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR, A-WING, SHASTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, INDIA - 110 001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE KONGAD POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD, KERALA, PIN - 678 631. SUKANYA INDIRA VAZHUKKAPARA, MUNDUR , KONGADU, PALAKKAD, KERALA, INDIA PIN-678 631. *4 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:14:- REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/7/2023 IN IA NO.1/23 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.783/22) BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., ASG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:15:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1052 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY YHE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI-110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, HEMAMBIKA NAGAR POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 ANAS, S/O HASSANUPPA, 1/767, NERKANEL, NEELIKKAD OLAVAKKODE PALAKKAD, W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:16:- HEMAMBIKA NAGAR, PALAKKAD, KERALA, INDIA -678002 *4 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG,NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.1052/22). BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., DSG OF INDIA SMT.K.MALINI SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:17:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1054 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI-110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PALAKKAD TOWN SOUTH POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD PIN - 678009. JAMALUDHEEN, S/O C.A.M.KHANI PRATHIBANGAR, HOUSE NO.54 NEHRU COLONY, PALAKKAD-678013. *4 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:18:- MINISTRY OF FINANCE REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG,NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22 W.P.(CRL.) NO.1054/2022). BY ADV SRI.Kiran M.S. SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:19:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1055 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHT BHAVAN, NEW DELHI -110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE OTTAPALAM POLICE STATION PALAKKAD PIN - 679101. AMEER ABDUL SATHAR, ATHAMANKATH HOUSE, SRK NAGAR, KRISHNALAYA ROAD, OTTAPPALAM, KERALA, INDIA. 679103. *4 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:20:- MINISTRY OF FINANCE, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22 IN W.P.(CRL.) No.1055/2022). BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., DSG OF INDIA SRI.R.PRASANTH KUMAR, CGC SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:21:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1056 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTR BHAVAN, NEW DELHI-110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , PALAKKAD TOWN SOUTH POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD PIN - 678009. THAHIRA, W/O KUNJUMUHAMMED 30/509, JAMEELA COLONY NURANI(PO) PALAKKAD-678005. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:22:- *4 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING,SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.1056/2022). BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:23:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1058 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A-WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI-110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, HEMAMBIKA NAGAR POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD, PIN-678009. RENJITH P., S/O. PADMANABAN P., POOLAKUNDIL, ANANGANADI, PANAMANNA (PO), PALAKKAD-678501. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:24:- *4 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG,NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.1058/2022). BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., DSG OF INDIA SRI.Nitish Sathesh Shenoy SMT.SHERRY SAMUEL OOMMEN SRI.SUKUMAR NAINAN OOMMEN SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:25:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1059 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD - 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A-WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI-110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KALLADIKKODE POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD, PIN-678596. SUNDARAN, S/O. KUTTAN, CHANGANAKATIL HOUSE, MUDHUKURUSSY (PO), THACHAMPARA, PALAKKAD-678593. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:26:- *4 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.1059/2022). BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:27:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1060 OF 2022 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD - 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI -110001. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, HEMAMBIKA NAGAR POLICE STATION PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 SHAMNA.S., W/O HARSHAD MALIKA MANZIL, MELEPURAM, OLAVAKKODE (PO) PALAKKAD-678002 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:28:- *4 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING,SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI -110 001 *(ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 11/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/22 IN W.P. (CRL.)NO.1060/2022). BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S., DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:29:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 519 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT-, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KONGADU POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678631 VAISAKH.V S/O VALSALAN, W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:30:- 4 *5 KUNNATH HOUSE, VAZHUKKAPARA, MUNDUR POST PALAKKAD, PIN - 678592 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI-, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.519/23) BY ADVS. SMT.MINI GOPINATH -CGC . SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:31:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 522 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT-, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KONGADU POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678631 JITHESH.K.S KANDAMTHODI HOUSE CHERAYA(PO) PALAKKAD-, PIN - 678631 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:32:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI- PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.522/2023) BY ADVS. SMT.K.MALINI SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:33:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 524 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT-, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , ALATHUR POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678541 SUDHEER K S/O T.K.KABEER SOORYANKULAMBU HOUSE, ERIMAYUR POST, ALATHUR PALAKKAD - 678546 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:34:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL) NO.524/2023). BY ADVS. SRI.RAJAGOPALAN.A., CGC SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:35:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 526 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O., CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , KONGADU POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678631 SUKANYA VAZHUKKAPARA, MUNDUR,KONGADU PALAKKAD,KERALA - 678631 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:36:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.526/2023) BY SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:37:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 527 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , KONGADU POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678631 SURESH K.S, S/O SUBRAMANIYAN KORAMUNDA HOUSE, MANIKKASSERY POST, KONGAD, PALAKKAD - 678631 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:38:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.527/2023) BY ADVS. SRI.VISHNU PRADEEP SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:39:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 528 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT-, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KONGADU POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678631 KRISHNAPRASAD. C S/O CHAMUNNI KRISHNA NIVAS KALIPPARA, MUNDUR(PO) PALAKKAD - 678592 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:40:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.528/2023). BY ADVS. SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.).235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:41:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 536 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , PALAKKAD TOWN SOUTH POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 THAHIRA W/O KUNJUMUHAMMED 30/509,JAMEELA COLONY NURANI(PO), PALAKKAD-, PIN - 678004 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:42:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.536/2023) BY ADVS. SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:43:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 537 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , HEMAMBIKA NAGAR POLICE STATION PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 ANAS S/O HASSANUPPA 1/767 NERKANEL, NEELIKKAD, OLAVAKKODE PO PALAKKAD, PIN - 678002 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:44:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.537/2023). BY ADVS. SRI.Girish Kumar V., SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:45:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 539 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , PALAKKAD TOWN SOUTH POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 JAMALUDHEEN S/O C.A.M.KHANI PRATHIBANGAR, HOUSE NO.54 NEHRU COLONY PALAKKAD - 678013 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:46:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023). BY ADVS. SRI.SUVIN R MENON SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:47:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 542 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , KALLADIKKODE POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678596 SUNDARAN S/O KUTTAN CHANGANAKATIL HOUSE MUDHUKURUSSY (PO) THACHAMPARA, PALAKKAD - 678593 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:48:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI-, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANATHAPURAM – 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.542/2023). BY ADVS. SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:49:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 545 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU SRI.ANAND REMESH RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , HEMAMBIKA NAGAR POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 SHAMNA S, W/O HARSHAD, MALIKA MANZIL, MELEPURAM, OLAVAKKODE (PO) W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:50:- PALAKKAD - 678002 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.545/2023). BY ADVS. SRI.JAGATH N. SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:51:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 546 OF 2023 PETITIONER: LATHA SAJEEV, AGED 43 YEARS, W/O SAJEEV KARUN OZHUKAYIL HOUSE/KARUNA NIVAS VENGANELLUR P.O CHELAKKARA, THRISSUR DISTRICT-, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR ADV.V.PREEJO PAULY SRI.T.K.BABU RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA , REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE , 4 TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE , HEMAMBIKA NAGAR POLICE STATION , PALAKKAD, PIN - 678009 RANJITH.P, S/O PADMANABAN.P POOLAKUNDIL, ANANGANADI PANAMANNA(PO) PALAKKAD - 678501 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:52:- 4 *5 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695001 *(ADDL.R5 IS IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DATED 4/07/2023 IN IA NO.1/2023 IN W.P.(CRL.) NO.546/2023) BY ADVS. SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12.04.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:53:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1054 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:54:- 3 4 CLEEMIS C CHRISTY S/O CHRISTY C UTHUP CHERUVATHUR HOUSE MELEPATTAMBI (PO) PATTAMBI, PIN - 679306 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG,NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADV Murleekrishnan R SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:55:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1055 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR A- WING , SHASHTRI BHAVAN , NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:56:- 3 4 RAJESH KRISHNAN VADASSERITHODI HOUSE SANKARAMANGALAM (PO) VALLUR-, PIN - 679303 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE 3RD FLOOR,JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING SANSADMARG, NEW DELHI, PIN – 110001 SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:57:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1184 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW &JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR, A - WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:58:- 3 4 ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 SURESHKUMAR P. V., S/O. VELAYUDHAN, PARAKKAL PARAMBIL, KOLLANGOTTUKULAM, KOTTAYI P.O., PALAKKAD, PIN - 678572 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADV MANU S. DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:59:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1186 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR, A-WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:60:- 3 4 RAHUL R, S/O. RAGAVAN, RESIDING AT THOLANUR P.O., ALATHUR TALUK, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678722 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADV MANU S. DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:61:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1188 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR, A - WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:62:- 3 4 GOVINDAKUMAR K., S/O. LATE C.K. ARAVINDAN, SREE GOKULAM HOUSE, PERINGOTTUKURISSI P.O., KOTTAYI, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678572 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADV MANU S. DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:63:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1190 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR, A - WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:64:- 3 4 AZEEZ, S/O. MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, CHEVAYIL HOUSE, PULINELLI P.O., KOTTAYI, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678572 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADV MANU S. DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:65:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1191 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR, A - WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 3 KRISHNAKUMAR V, W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:66:- S/O. VELAYUDHAN, NALLODE HOUSE, MATHUR AGRAHARAM P.O., KOTTAYI, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678572 4 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S. DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.S.SHAIJU SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:67:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(CRL.) NO. 1192 OF 2023 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.P.RAJKUMAR SRI.KESHAVRAJ NAIR SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SMT.PREETHA S CHANDRAN SRI.ABHIJITH SREEKUMAR SRI.ANAND REMESH SRI.ABHIRAM.S. SMT.C.R.REKHA RESPONDENTS: 1 2 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE, 4 TH FLOOR, A - WING, SHASHTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:68:- 3 4 ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 KRISHNAKUMAR V, S/O. VELAYUDHAN, NALLODE HOUSE, MATHUR AGRAHARAM P.O., KOTTAYI, PALAKKAD, PIN - 678572 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3 RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110001 BY ADVS. SRI.MANU S. DSG OF INDIA SRI.K.S.SHAIJU SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:69:- IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS FRIDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 / 23RD CHAITHRA, 1946 WP(C) NO. 17600 OF 2021 PETITIONER: SOUMYA MURALEEDHARAN AGED 24 YEARS, D/O MURALEEDHARAN, M.S. NIVAS, DEVI NAGAR, ANDI MADAM, KADUKKAMKUNNAM P.O, PALAKKAD, KERALA- 678651 BY ADVS. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR SMT.LAKSHMI N.KAIMAL SRI.ARUN POOMULLI SRI.BIJU VIGNESWAR SMT.MEERA M. SMT.SURABHI SANTHOSH SMT.SRILAKSHMI NAIR R SRI.BALASUBRAMANIAM R. SRI.ARAVIND S.P RESPONDENTS: 1 2 3 UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE, 4TH FLOOR, A-WING, SHASTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI-110001. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KADUTHURUTHY POLICE STATION, KOTTAYAM-686604. JOHN P.C., S/O. CHACKO, PARAYIL HOUSE, W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:70:- CENTRAL LIBRARY BHAGOM, MANJOOR VILLAGE, KADUTHURUTHY, KOTTAYAM-686604. *4 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE, 3RD FLOOR, JEEVAN DEEP BUILDING, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI - 110 001 *[ADDL R4 IS IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 11.07.2023 IN I.A. NO.1/2023 IN WP(C)17600/2021]. BY ADVS. SRI.S.MANU SRI.R.S.HARI KUMAR SRI.P.M.JOSEPH SRI.M JAYAKRISHNAN VAZHOOR SRI.K.R.RANJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27.03.2024, ALONG WITH WP(Crl.)NO.235/2022 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON 12.04.2024 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:71:- BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J. -------------------------------------------------------- W.P.(Crl.) Nos. 235/2022, 744/2022, 745/2022, 747/2022, 748/2022, 749/2022, 783/2022, 1052/2022, 1054/2022, 1055/2022, 1056/2022, 1058/2022, 1059/2022, 1060/2022, 519/2023, 522/2023, 524/2023, 526/2023, 527/2023, 528/2023, 536/2023, 537/2023, 539/2023, 542/2023, 545/2023, 546/2023, 1054/2023, 1055/2023, 1184/2023, 1186/2023, 1188/2023, 1190/2023, 1191/2023, 1192/2023 & W.P.(C) No.17600/2021 --------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 12th day of April, 2024 JUDGMENT In this batch of writ petitions, petitioners challenge the constitutional validity of Section 1(3) and Section 25(3) of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 (for brevity 'the BUDS Act'). Petitioner also challenges the validity of section 5 of the Kerala Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013 (for short, ‘the KPID Act’) as being repugnant to the BUDS Act. The retrospective effect given to the operation of the statute from 21.02.2019 under section 1(3) of the BUDS Act is challenged on the principle of ex post facto law and as being violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21. Few of the petitioners have, apart from the aforesaid contentions, also raised the question of none of the offences alleged against them W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:72:- as having been made out and have hence sought to quash the crimes against them.

2. One set of writ petitions is filed by Ms.Soumya Muraleedharan who is the second accused in S.C. No.708/2021 on the files of the Sessions Court, Palakkad and other connected cases. The other set is filed by Ms. Latha Sajeev who alleges that she was only an employee of the company which allegedly indulged in the crime and hence she has no involvement in the alleged offences. Ms. Latha Sajeev is also an accused in several other cases alleging almost the same offences.

3. For the purpose of brevity, facts in S.C. No. 708/2021 is narrated as below: The allegation in the aforesaid crime is that after collecting deposits from the defacto complainant on

17.06.2019, promising interest at the rate of 20% per month, the accused failed to abide by the assurance or return the deposits, thereby committing the offences under sections 420 and 506(i) r/w section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 apart from sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme Banning Act, 1978 as well as section 5 of the KPID Act, as well as sections 3(a),(b) r/w sections 21(1), (2), (3), and section (5) r/w section 23, section 6 r/w section 25(1) W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:73:- and (3) of the BUDS Act.

4. According to the petitioner, the transaction alleged in the crime took place on 17.06.2019, while the BUDS Act came into force only on 31.07.2019. As the petitioners have been roped in as an accused on the basis of retrospective operation of the statute given to the BUDS Act under section 1(3), the provision is violative of Article 20(1) of the Constitution of India. Further, petitioners contend that section 25(3) of the BUDS Act is vague and does not constitute any offence without even providing for a chance for rebuttal. Petitioners also allege that the Act confers unfettered power on the Regulator to prefer the complaint and is therefore discriminatory in as much as the discretion is unregulated, thereby violating Articles 21 and 14 of the Constitution of India. Petitioners also contend that the KPID Act is repugnant to the various provisions of the BUDS Act since the legislature does not have the power to enact such a statute as it is a power vested exclusively with the Central Government under the union list.

5. During the course of arguments, Sri. Renjith B.Maraar, learned counsel for the petitioners, confined his submissions to the unconstitutionality of the BUDS Act based on its W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:74:- retrospective operation.

6. I have heard Sri. K.R. Renjith, the learned Government Pleader as well.

7. The BUDS Act was enacted to provide a comprehensive mechanism to ban unregulated deposit schemes other than deposits taken in the ordinary course of business and to protect the interest of the depositors. Section 1(3) of the BUDS Act states that the statute shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of February 2019.

8. An initial glance at the statutory provision would indicate that the penal statute has been given a retrospective effect. Article 20(2) of the Constitution of India states that no person shall be convicted on the basis of an ex post facto law. However, on a deeper scrutiny it can be understood that the BUDS Act was initially promulgated as an Ordinance with effect from 21-02-2019. Within the six-month period of validity of the Ordinance, the statute was enacted and section 1(1) has only given effect to the statute from the date of promulgation of the Ordinance. The provision protects all actions initiated on the basis of the Ordinance after the coming into force of the statute and makes the culpability statutorily effective from the date of W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:75:- the Ordinance. As the Ordinance itself had created acts committed from 21-02-2019 penal and punishable, the validity of the statute from the date of commencement of the Ordinance cannot be regarded as coming within the vice of expost facto law. In such a view of the matter, this Court finds the challenge to the provisions of section 1(3) of the BUDS Act on the basis of the principle of ex post facto law as legally untenable.

9. On a reading of the provisions of Articles 367(2) and 213(2) of the Constitution it is evident that an Ordinance operates in the field it occupies with the same rigour as an Act. Similarly, an Ordinance when promulgated, shall have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament or an Act of a legislature of a State. In the decision in A. K Roy v. Union of India and Others (1982) 1 SCC 271, it was observed that an ordinance issued by the President or the Governor is as much a law as an Act passed by the Parliament and is, fortunately, and unquestionably, subject to the same inhibitions. In the decision in United Riceland Limited v. State of Haryana and Another (2011) 2 SCC 423, it was observed that the date of commencement of an Act, which is preceded by an Ordinance, is the date of promulgation of the Ordinance. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:76:-

10. Further, in the decision in Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd v. Jindal Exports Ltd. (2001) 6 SCC 356,the Supreme Court had dealt with a similar situation and observed that “From the plain and literal reading of the said provision and the gazette notification, it is clear that the Act came into force on 22/08/1996. But the purposive reading would show that the Act came into force in continuation of the first Ordinance which was brought into force in 25/01/1996. This makes the position clear that although the Act came into force on 22/08/1996, for all practical and legal purposes it shall be deemed to have been effective from 25/01/1996 particularly when the provisions of the Ordinance and the Act are similar and there is nothing in the Act to the contrary so as to make the Ordinance ineffective as to either its coming into force on 25/1/996 or its continuation up to 28/1/1996. Thus we conclude that the Act as brought into force with effect from 22/8/1996 vide Notification no. GSR 375€ dated 22/8/1996 published in the Gazette of India and that the Act being on continuation of the Ordinance is deemed to have been effective from 25/1/1996 when the first Ordinance came into force.”

11. Apart from the above, in the decision in Raveendran Pillai P and Others v. State of Kerala and Others [2021 (1) KHC 38], it was observed that under the statute, there is a complete ban on the conduct of 'Unregulated Deposit Scheme' W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:77:- under S.3(a) of the Act and hence, even if deposits were received prior to the commencement of the Act and if it is an "Unregulated Deposit Scheme" continued after the commencement of the Act, S.3(a) would come into play. Therefore, the contentions raised by the petitioners have no merit.

12. On behalf of Ms. Latha Sajeev, it was contended that she was only an employee of the Company which had allegedly collected deposits from the public and that she had no role in any of the offences alleged. In this context, a reference to section 25 of the BUDS Act will reveal that if a deposit taker is a person other than an individual, every person who was in charge of and responsible to the deposit taker for the conduct of the business, as well as the deposit taker, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence.

13. The aforesaid Ms. Latha Sajeev is the wife of the first accused. If she was not responsible to the deposit taker for the conduct of business, certainly she cannot be proceeded against. However, whether she was responsible or not is a matter which may have to be adjudicated either in the trial or atleast after appreciating the documents and materials collected by the W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:78:- prosecution. Since the final report has already been filed and petitioners are alleged to have committed the offences under the BUDS Act as well as various other statutory provisions, the contentions raised by the counsel for the petitioners are all factual disputes and therefore the same cannot be interfered with under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence these writ petitions are dismissed. BECHU KURIAN THOMAS JUDGE Sd/- W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:79:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 235/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 Exhibit P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO. 55/2020 OF PALAKKAD SHORNUR POLICE STATION, A TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C. NO. 708/2021 ON THE FILES OF THE DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT, PALAKKAD. A TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S. GENTREND TRADE AND SERVICE LTD IS PRODUCED. Exhibit P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF EVERBEING NIDHI LTD. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:80:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 744/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO. 291/2019 OF THE KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FIS IN CRIME NO. 291/2019 OF KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C NO. 176/2022 ON THE FILES OF THE HON'BLE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT III, PALAKKAD. Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE LIST OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P6 Exhibit P7 Exhibit P8 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S GENTREND TRADE & SERVICES LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S EVERBEING NIDHI LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 02.09.2021 IN W.P(C) NO. 17600/2021. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:81:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 745/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO. 292/2019 OF THE KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FIS IN CRIME NO. 292/2019 OF KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C NO. 181/2022 ON THE FILES OF THE HON'BLE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT III, PALAKKAD. Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE LIST OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P6 Exhibit P7 Exhibit P8 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S GENTREND TRADE & SERVICES LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S EVERBEING NIDHI LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 02.09.2021 IN W.P(C) NO. 17600/2021. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:82:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 747/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO. 294/2019 OF THE KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FIS IN CRIME NO. 294/2019 OF KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C NO. 194/2022 ON THE FILES OF THE HON'BLE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT III, PALAKKAD. Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE LIST OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P6 Exhibit P7 Exhibit P8 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S GENTREND TRADE & SERVICES LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S EVERBEING NIDHI LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 02.09.2021 IN W.P(C) NO. 17600/2021. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:83:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 748/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO. 561/2019 OF THE KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FIS IN CRIME NO. 561/2019 OF KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C NO. 277/2022 ON THE FILES OF THE HON'BLE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT III, PALAKKAD. Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE LIST OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P6 Exhibit P7 Exhibit P8 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S GENTREND TRADE & SERVICES LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S EVERBEING NIDHI LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 02.09.2021 IN W.P(C) NO. 17600/2021. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:84:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 749/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO. 339/2019 OF THE KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FIS IN CRIME NO. 339/2019 OF KONGADU POLICE STATION. TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C NO. 213/2022 ON THE FILES OF THE HON'BLE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT III, PALAKKAD. Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE LIST OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P6 Exhibit P7 Exhibit P8 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S GENTREND TRADE & SERVICES LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S EVERBEING NIDHI LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 02.09.2021 IN W.P(C) NO. 17600/2021. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. Cases -:85:- APPENDIX OF WP(CRL.) 783/2022 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO.293/2019 OF THE KONGADU POLICE STATON. TRUE COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT IN S.C.NO.191/2022 ON THE FILES OF THE HON'BLE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT-III, PALAKKAD. Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE LIST OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF WITNESSES. Exhibit P5 Exhibit P6 Exhibit P7 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S.GENTREND TRADE & SERVICED LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF M/S.EVER BEING NIDHI LIMITED. TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 0209/2021 IN WP(C) 17600/2021. W.P.(Crl.) No.235/22 & Conn. 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