IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 7TH JANUARY 2008 / 17TH POUSHA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 59 of 2008() ----------------------- CC.580/2002 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, ERNAKULAM .................... PETITIONER: ACCUSED ------------------- R.BINUKUMAR, S/O.RAMASWAMY, KODUNGANY, VADAKKUMKARA PUTHEN VEEDU, KOKKOTTELA, ARYANAD, TRIVANDRUM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRI.SAIJO HASSAN RESPONDENTS: STATE ------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.M.C. NO. 57 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 07-01-2008 ORDER Petitioner who is the de facto complainant in C.C. No. 1329 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M., Moovattupuzha, seeks an expeditious disposal of the said case and a direction to the Magistrate to split up the case as against the absconding second accused and continue the trial as against A1 in case the presence of A2 cannot be secured. 2. Being a case of the year 2004, even without a direction by this Court, the Magistrate ought to have disposed of the case. In case, it is the abscondence of the 2nd accused which is standing in the way of the trial of the Ist accused, the Magistrate may initiate urgent steps for the splitting up of the case as against A2 and proceed the trial as against A1. C.C. No. 1329 of 2004 shall be taken up for trial and disposed of within six months from today, failing which the Magistrate shall send a report to this Court as to why the above time limit fixed by this Court could not be adhered to. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.