IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 18TH JANUARY 2008 / 28TH POUSHA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 213 of 2008() ------------------------ CC.337/2007 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, THRISSUR .................... PETITIONER: ACCUSED ------------------- M.T.PRAKASHAN, AGED 45 YEARS, S/O. M.GOVINDA PANICKER, MAMPUZHA HOUSE, POST KOTTAPADY, CHAVAKKAD, THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.RAJIT RESPONDENTS: STATE ------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. NOBLE MATHEW THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.M.C. No. 213 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 18th day of January 2008 ORDER Petitioner who is the accused in C.C. No. 337 of 2007 on the file of the J.F.C.M.I, Thrissur for an offence punishable under Sec. 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 J.F.C.M. 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 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, if any, against him and after considering the explanation offered by the petitioner for his previous non-appearance and also after considering the fact that the co-accused in the case have been acquitted after trial. Sd/-V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani ani.