IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 20TH AUGUST 2010 / 29TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3541 of 2010() ------------------------- ST.3381/2008 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, MUVATTUPUZHA .................... PETITIONER(S): ACCUSED ---------------------- MR.K.J.JOHNY, S/O.K.V.JOSEPH, KUREEKKAL HOUSE, UNICHIRA, EDAPPALLY P.O., ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.MANOJ CHANDRAN SRI.P.R.AJITHKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THRIKKAKKARA POLICE STATION, THRIKKAKKARA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HIRTHWIK THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.3541 of 2010 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th day of August, 2010 ORDER The petitioner, who is the accused in S.T.No.3381/2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Muvattupuzha for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 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 J.F.C.M. Muvattupuzha and seeks regular bail. Accordingly, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of permitting the petitioner to surrender before the learned Magistrate and file an application for regular bail within a period of Crl.M.C.No.3541/2010 : 2 : 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 skj