ISRO espionage case: Kerala HC quashes order on time restrict of bail to ex-DGP Siby Mathews

By Express News Service

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed the order by the Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram, imposing a time restrict on the anticipatory bail granted to former DGP Siby Mathews, who’s the fourth accused in a case regarding conspiracy to border former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan and others within the 1994 espionage case.

While granting bail to Siby Mathews, the classes courtroom, in its order dated August 24, had held that “after a period of 60 days from the date of this order, the petitioner has to resort to remedies provided in Section 437 or 439 of the CrPC or such other remedies as are advised to him”.

Kerala High Court decide Justice Ok Haripal issued the order on the petition filed by Siby Mathews searching for to take away the situation. The CBI objected to the applying on the bottom that this could have been taken earlier than the trial courtroom.

Senior Advocate P Vijayabhanu, counsel for the petitioner, contended that the time restrict imposed on the pre-arrest bail granted to him must be put aside, because it was in violation of the legislation settled by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had held that an order granting bail shouldn’t be restricted to a set interval and the lifetime of an order of anticipatory bail could proceed until the top of the trial.

He submitted that he’s absolutely cooperating with the investigation by the CBI New Delhi unit. The allegations relate to incidents that had occurred in 1994. Therefore, the custodial interrogation of the petitioner will not be essential to probe the matter. Hence, he sought to vacate the situation proscribing the validity of anticipatory bail to a interval of 60 days.