IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.P.RAY TUESDAY, THE 23RD AUGUST 2011 / 1ST BHADRA 1933 Crl.MC.No. 1344 of 2004(C) -------------------------------------- [CC.NO.118/2003 OF CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, THRISSUR] .................... PETITIONER: ------------------- THANKAPPAN, FORMER SECRETARY, COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD, TRICHUR. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAMESH CHANDER. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, TRICHUR EAST POLICE STATION. R1 & R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. B. JAYASURYA. THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/08/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: CRL.M.C. NO.1344/2004-C: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES: ANNEXURE A.1: COPY OF THE COMPLAINT FILED BEFORE THE C.J.M. TRICHUR. ANNEXURE.A.2: COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CHARGE SHEET IN C.C. NO.118/2003 OF C.J.M., TRICHUR. ANNEXURE.A.3: COPY OF THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD. ANNEXURE.A.4: COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD TRANSFERRING THE PETITIONER. RESPONDENTS' ANNEXURES: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE. Prv. B.P.RAY, J. ------------------------------------------------------------ Crl.M.C.No. 1344 of 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 23rd day of August, 2011 O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. 2. Petitioner is the third accused in C.C.No.118/2003 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thrissur for offences punishable under Ss. 119, 120, 128, 403, 406, 417, 419, 420, 463, 464 and 468 r/w 34 I.P.C. 3. I am not inclined to quash the charge at this stage. It is open to the petitioner to plead for discharge in absentia. If such an application is filed within six weeks from today, the learned Magistrate shall pass a reasoned order. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is now ready and willing to surrender before the trial court. If petitioner surrenders before the trial court on or before 22.9.2011 and applies for bail, he shall be released on bail on such terms and conditions the Magistrate deems fit. The Crl.M.C. is disposed of as above. B.P.RAY, JUDGE. rka