IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 17TH AUGUST 2010 / 26TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3141 of 2010() ------------------------- L.P.NO.3/2002 IN SC.136/2001 of SPL.COURT (NDPS ACT CASES), VADAKARA .................... PETITIONER(S): /2ND ACCUSED. -------------------------------------- GEORGE MANGALAM, S/O.FRANCIS, AGED 44 YEARS, PANCHARATH HOUSE, OTTAPPALAM, SREEKRISHNAPURAM, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.SAMSUDIN RESPONDENT(S): /COMPLAINANT. -------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KODUVALLY THORUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.C.S.HRITHWIK THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No. 3141 of 2010 = = = = = = = = = = = Dated: 17th day of August, 2010 ORDER Petitioner, who is the 2nd accused in Crime No.200/1996 of Koduvally Police Station for offences punishable under Section 57 A(i) (iii) of Abkari Act, Section 22 of NDPS Act and Sections 272 and 273 IPC and whose case is now pending before the Special Judges Court (NDPS Act cases), Vadakara as L.P. No.3/2002, seeks to quash the proceedings against him. 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 Special Judges Court (NDPS Act cases), Vadakara and seeks regular bail. Crl.M.C.No. 3141 of 2010 2 Accordingly, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of permitting the petitioner to surrender before the above court and file an application for regular bail within a period of two weeks from today. In case, the petitioner complies with the above condition, his bail application shall be considered and disposed of on merits preferably on the same date on which it is filed notwithstanding the pendency of any non-bailable warrants against him. The petitioner may also highlight the fact that the co-accused in the above case have been acquitted after trial. Dated this the 17th day of August, 2010 V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) dmb