IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 6TH JULY 2010 / 15TH ASHADHA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2257 of 2010() ------------------------- SC.112/2010 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, FAST TRACK-II, KOTTAYAM .................... PETITIONER(S): ACCUSED NO.1 & 4 ------------------------------- 1. BABY, AGED 56 YEARS, S/O.THOMAS, MADAPPALLIKUNNEL HOUSE, ONAMTHURUTHU KARA, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. 2. M.A.GEORGE, AGED 60 YEARS, S/O.ANTONY (LATE), MANJOORAN HOUSE, MUTTUCHIRA VILLAGE, VAIKOM TALUK, KOTTYAM DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.NIREESH MATHEW RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KOTTAYAM, BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.C.S.HRITHICK THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------- Crl.M.C. No. 2257 of 2010 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of July, 2010 ORDER The petitioners, who are accused Nos.1 and 4 in Crime No.1/1989 of Kottayam Excise Range for offences punishable under Sections 56 (b) and 57A of the Abkari Act and whose case is pending as S.C. No.112/2010 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court, Fast Track Court-II, Kottayam seek a direction to the said Sessions Judge to release the petitioners on bail on the date of their surrender itself. 2. Admittedly, non-bailable warrants of arrest are pending against the petitioners. The circumstances under which those non-bailable warrants of arrest came to be issued against the petitioners are not discernible to this Court. It is only proper that the petitioners surrender before the Additional Sessions Court, Fast Track Court-II, Kottayam and seek regular bail. Crl.M.C. No.2257 of 2010 : 2 : Accordingly, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of permitting the petitioners to surrender before the Sessions Judge and file an application for regular bail within a period of two weeks from today. In case, the petitioners comply with the above condition, they shall be released on bail on appropriate conditions. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE dmb