IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 23RD MAGHA 1930 Crl.MC.No. 552 of 2009() ------------------------ SC.862/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, KOZHIKOE .................... PETITIONER(S): ACCUSED ---------------------- 1. KUNHAMMAD FAIZY,S/O.KUNHABDULLA, AGED 40 YRS, THENGUMKUZHIYIL HOUSE,EDAVARAD, ERAVETTOOR AMSOM OF VATAKARA TALUK. 2. HAMEED.K, S/O.IBRAHIMKUTTY,AGED 37 YRS, KUNNATH HOUSE, EDAVARAD, ERAVETTOOR AMSOM OF VATAKARA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.SUNNY MATHEW RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA,REP; BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. GIKKU JACOB THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: M.N. KRISHNAN, J ----------------------- CRL.M.C.No. 552 OF 2009 --------------------------------- Dated this the 12th day of February, 2009 O R D E R This petition is filed to direct the Principal Sessions Judge, Kozhikode to schedule the trial of S.C. 862/2006 expeditiously and to complete the trial. This court called for report from the Sessions Judge in charge and he has reported that the Sessions case is scheduled for trial from 16.2.2009 to 21.2.2009 and that he will be able to dispose of the matter in the month of March itself. Rightly the learned counsel for the petitioner raised a doubt, since the Principal Sessions Judge is not posted there and as per the statute only the Principal Sessions Judge can try whether it will be possible for the Additional Sessions Judge to try the case. I had verified from the registry and I am informed that the Additional Sessions Judge has been given full additional charge of the District and Sessions Judge and therefore he is functioning as a Principal Sessions Judge as well now. Therefore there will not be any legal bar for him to take up the case and dispose of it. Crl.M.C. 552/2009 -2- In the light of the report filed by the Sessions Judge in charge, the Crl.M.C is closed with a direction to proceed in accordance with the report filed by him. The Crl.M.C. disposed of accordingly. M.N. KRISHNAN,JUDGE vkm