IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT MONDAY, THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 24TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.MC.No. 3471 of 2008() ------------------------- SC.84/2006 of ASSISTANT SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM .................... PETITIONER: ACCUSED ------------------- JAMES, S/O. MATHAI, MOOZHIKKACHALIL HOUSE, KADALIKAD.P.O, VAZHAKULAM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.A.C.DEVY RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY P.P. SRI. S.U. NAZAR. THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/9/08 ALONG WITH CRMC NO.3472/08, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R. BASANT, J. ------------------------------------------------- Crl.M.C. Nos. 3471 & 3472 of 2008 ------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 15th day of September, 2008 ORDER The common petitioner, against whom warrants of arrest issued by the Sessions Court are pending, has come before this Court for a direction that his applications for bail to be filed when he surrenders before the learned Sessions Judge may be considered expeditiously on merits, on the date of surrender itself. 2. Sufficient general directions on this aspect have already been issued in the decision reported in Alice George v. Deputy Superintendent of Police (2003 (1) KLT 339) and I am not persuaded to agree that any further directions need be issued that the subordinate courts must follow the decision in Alice George. No separate directions are necessary in each case. Counsel can bring the said decision to the notice of Crl.M.C. Nos. 3471 & 3472 of 2008 -: 2 :- the subordinate courts. They can complain if there is non- compliance with the directions. 3. With the above observations, these Crl.M.Cs. are dismissed. (R. BASANT, JUDGE) Nan/