IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 3RD APRIL 2008 / 14TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.MC.No. 1300 of 2008 ------------------------- STC.3027/2007 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, THALASSERY .................... PETITIONER: ACCUSED ------------------- K. ABDULLA, AGED 42 YEARS S/O.MAMMOOTTI HAJI, RESIDING AT SALSABEEL PERINGADI, NEW MAHI, KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SURESH KUMAR KODOTH RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT-STATE ------------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR. K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No. 1300 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 3rd day of April, 2008 ORDER The Petitioner, who is the accused in S.T.Case No.3027/2007 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Thalassery for an offence punishable under Sections 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 learned Magistrate and seeks regular bail. Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case 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, he shall be released on bail on appropriate conditions. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE ks