IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.P.RAY THURSDAY, THE 25TH AUGUST 2011 / 3RD BHADRA 1933 Crl.MC.No. 3843 of 2007() ------------------------- CC.1096/2006 of THE JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE -VI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM .................... PETITIONER(S): 3RD ACCUSED. --------------------------- LUCY LOUIS, W/O. P.K.LOUIS, 31/2984, ALAPATT CROSS ROAD, RAVIPURAM, ERNAKULAM - 682 016. BY ADV. SRI.PHILIP T.VARGHESE SRI.THOMAS T.VARGHESE RESPONDENT(S): STATE AND COMPLAINANT. ------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. SAJ FLIGHT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED, AIRPORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER V.S.ASHOK. ADV. SRI.P.A.AHAMED FOR R.2 SRI.THOUFEEK AHAMED P.P.SRI. B. VINOD THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ORDER ON CRL.M.A.NO.6842 OF 2007 IN CRL.MC.No. 3843 of 2007 DISMISSED 25.8.2011 SD/- B.P. RAY, JUDGE. /TRUE COPY/ P.S. TO JUDGE cl B.P. RAY, J. ........................................... CRL.M.C.NO.3843 OF 2007 ............................................. Dated this the 25th day of August, 2011. O R D E R Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor. 2. Petitioner is the third accused in C.C.No.1096/2006 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-VI, Thiruvananthapuram for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the N.I.Act. 3. I am not inclined to quash the charge at this stage. It is open to the petitioner to raise all the relevant points during trial. If the petitioner surrenders within one month from today and files an application for bail, the learned Magistrate shall release the petitioner on bail on such terms and conditions he deems fit. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner is a lady and it may not be possible for her to appear before court on each and every posting date. Considering the above fact, it is open to the petitioner to make an application under Section 205 Cr.P.C for dispensing with her personal appearance. If the petitioner makes such CRL.M.C.NO.3843 OF 2007 : 2 : an application under Section 205 Cr.P.C, the same shall be allowed on such terms and conditions the Magistrate deems fit. The trial of the case be expedited and concluded at the end of December, 2011. With the above observations, the Crl.M.C is disposed of. Sd/- B.P. RAY, JUDGE. cl