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The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an Additional District Judge whose 17-year-old son was allegedly involved in a fatal car accident in Kochi on October 25. The court observed that custodial interrogation of the judicial officer was not necessary at this stage. The case pertains to an accident in which a Mercedes-Benz, registered in the judge's name, hit and killed a 55-year-old roadside eatery owner. The minor son of the judge was driving the car at the time of the incident. The court questioned the state's insistence on arresting the accused, noting that there was no indication that he had failed to cooperate with the investigation. The investigating team had already searched his residence and seized items, and there was no allegation that he had refused to cooperate.
The court also directed the investigating officer to submit details of similar cases in which juvenile drivers were booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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