IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST JULY 2010 / 30TH ASHADHA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2826 of 2010() ------------------------- CP.15/2008 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOLLAM .................... PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ MARGARET FRANCO, W/O.FRANCO, MARIYALAYAM HOUSE, SAKTHIKULANGARA, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. DR.K.P.SATHEESAN SRI.K.K.GOPINATHAN NAIR SRI.M.R.JAYAPRASAD SRI.P.MOHANDAS (ERNAKULAM) SRI.MATHEW SUNNY SRI.ANOOP.V.NAIR RESPONDENT(S): STATE & COMPLAINANT: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-31. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KOLLAM-691 581. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/07/2010 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No.2826 of 2010 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated: 21.02.2010 ORDER Petitioner, who is the 5 th accused in Crime No.85/98 of Kollam Excise Range for offences punishable under Sections 55(a) and (i) of the Abkari Act and whose case is now pending before the J.F.C.M-I, Kollam as C.P. No.15/2008 seeks a direction to the said Magistrate to release the petitioner on bail on the date of her 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 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, her 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 her. Dated this the 21st day of July, 2010 V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) sj