ED Officials Attack: Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response On Bail Plea Of Accused
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (July 29) sought the State's response on the regular bail plea preferred by Kiran P.S., who is arrayed as an accused in the crime registered pursuant to the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials.
The case refers to the alleged attack on ED officials and damage to vehicles following an ED search operation at the residence of Opposition Leader Of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter on May 27.
Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath today granted time to the public prosecutor to take instructions in the matter and posted it tomorrow along with connected cases.
Apart from Kiran, six other accused has also come before the High Court seeking bail in the crime [Bail Appl. Nos. 4058/2026, 4093/2026, 4109/2026, 4133/2026, 4141/2026 and 4182/2026]. The other applicants are Jeevan, Anil Kumar, Sreejith, Nishad, Sidharth, and Shefeek.
Recently, on July 21, the District and Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram had dismissed the bail plea.
According to the prosecution, as the ED officials were leaving the premises of the former CM's residence in three taxi vehicles around 2.40 p.m., a crowd of approximately 300 people allegedly surrounded the convoy and attacked the vehicles using stones, bricks, sticks and rods.
The Museum Police has registered the crime incorporating offences under sections 189(2), 191(2), 190, 126(2), 296(b), 132, 121(1), 118(1) and 109 of BNS and under section 3(1) of Prevention of Damage to public Property Act.
As per one of the connected pleas [Bail Appl. No. 4109/2026], during judicial custody of 56 days, the police was given custody of the accused for two days. It is also submitted that there was no compliance with Section 48 of the BNSS, which mandates the police to inform the family or friend or chosen person of the accused about the arrest in time.
The plea further urges that the investigation in the case is almost complete and that bail can be granted in such circumstances. Moreover, there are no serious injuries on the de facto complainant or any of the witnesses.
It is further stated that the offence under Section 109 BNS has been incorporated only to increase the gravity of the offence whereas its ingredients are not attracted:
"It is submitted that the police have incorporated the offence under section 109 of the BNS only to increase the gravity of the offence. The ingredients for offence under section 109 of BNS is not attracted in the facts of the case. At any stretch of interpretation it cannot be seen that there was an attempt to commit murder of the de facto complainant or for that matter any of the enforcement directorate officials."
The case will now be taken up tomorrow (July 30).
Case Nos: Bail Appl. No. 4201 of 2026 and connected cases
Case Titles. Kiran P.S. v. State of Kerala and connected cases