IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 18TH MARCH 2008 / 28TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 1062 of 2008() ------------------------- ST.540/2008 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOLENCHERRY .................... PETITIONER: ACCUSED ------------------------------------------ SOBI GEORGE, COCHIN KALAGRAHAM, KALABHAVAN ROAD, ERNAKULAM NORTH. BY ADV. SRI.S.SUDHEESHKAR SRI. K.SIJU RESPONDENTS: STATE -------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 2. BIJU VARGHESE, ATTUPARAMBATHU HOUSE, EZHAKKARANAD NORTH P.O., PUTHENCRUZ VIA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No.1062 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 18th day of March, 2008 ORDER The Petitioner, who is the sole accused in S.T.No.540 of 2008 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Kolenchery in a prosecution for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, seeks a direction to the said Magistrate to release the petitioner on bail on the date of his surrender itself. 2. Admittedly non bailable warrants of arrest are pending against the petitioner. The circumstances under which those non bailable warrants of arrest came to be issued against the petitioner are not discernible to this Court. It is only proper that the petitioner surrenders before the learned Magistrate and seeks regular bail. Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is disposed of permitting the petitioner to surrender before the learned Magistrate and file an application for regular bail within a period of two weeks from today. In case the petitioner complies with the above condition, he shall be released on bail on appropriate conditions. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj