IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2010 / 1ST SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2879 of 2010() ------------------------- CC.590/2009 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, SULTHAN BATHERY .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: --------------- KOMALA UNNIKRISHNAN, FOREMAN, KERALA CHITTY FUND, PAN AFRICAN PLAZA BUILDING, PULIMOODU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.K.SUNIL KUMAR (IDUKKI) RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT/STATE: --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. BENNY.P.M., S/O POULOSE, POOVATHUKUNNEL (H), KUNNALADY.P.O., PANTHALLOOR TALUK, NILGIRI DISTRICT,TAMILNADU. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HRITHIK THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. --------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.2879 of 2010 ---------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2010 ORDER The petitioner who is the second accused in C.C.No.590 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-I, Sulthan Bathery for offences punishable under Sections 420 & 120B of I.P.C., seeks to quash the proceedings on the ground that the matter has been settled between the de facto complainant and the petitioner and that the application to compound the offences has already been filed before the Magistrate. 2. If a compounding petition has already been filed before the Magistrate, then the remedy of the petitioner is to pursue the said petition. Hence, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of directing the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-I, Sulthan Bathery to take up for consideration the compounding petition and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj