<p>The Kerala government today opposed the bail pleas of two Italian marines, accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Government counsel informed the court that if the accused are released on bail at this stage, their presence cannot be procured.<br /><br />The marines -- Latore Massimilliano and Salvatore Girone - had contended that they had not committed any offence as alleged by police and that there was no justification in continuing their custody.<br /><br />Earlier,their bail plea was rejected by a lower court in Kollam.<br /><br />The Union government was impleaded in the case after Justice M K Balakrishnan of the Kerala High Court on May 22 directed the petitioners to implead the Centre.<br /><br />The naval guards were arrested on Feb 19 and charged with murder of fishermen Valentine Jalastine and Ajesh Binki, who put out to sea from Neendakara in Kollam.<br /><br />The marines, lodged in central prison, Thiruvananthapuram since March 5, have been shifted to Borstal school, which houses juvenile delinquents, in kochi.</p>
<p>The Kerala government today opposed the bail pleas of two Italian marines, accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Government counsel informed the court that if the accused are released on bail at this stage, their presence cannot be procured.<br /><br />The marines -- Latore Massimilliano and Salvatore Girone - had contended that they had not committed any offence as alleged by police and that there was no justification in continuing their custody.<br /><br />Earlier,their bail plea was rejected by a lower court in Kollam.<br /><br />The Union government was impleaded in the case after Justice M K Balakrishnan of the Kerala High Court on May 22 directed the petitioners to implead the Centre.<br /><br />The naval guards were arrested on Feb 19 and charged with murder of fishermen Valentine Jalastine and Ajesh Binki, who put out to sea from Neendakara in Kollam.<br /><br />The marines, lodged in central prison, Thiruvananthapuram since March 5, have been shifted to Borstal school, which houses juvenile delinquents, in kochi.</p>