IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 11TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 22ND MAGHA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 634 of 2008() ------------------------ ST.1399/2006 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, PALAKKAD .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: -------------------------- T.A. SANTHU MUHAMMED, S/O. ATHAR RAWTHER, AGED 56 YEARS, 8/86, MADEENA MANZIL, ARUMUGHAN GARDENS, CHANDRA NAGAR, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.JACOB SEBASTIAN RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11.02.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No. 634 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 11th day of February, 2008 ORDER Petitioner, who is the accused in S.T. No. 1399 of 2006 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Palakkad for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 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. The Magistrate need insist on the personal appearance of the accused only if it is inevitable during the course of the trial of the case. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv