IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 30TH JULY 2010 / 8TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3020 of 2010() ------------------------- CC.67/2008 OF ENQUIRY COMMISSIONER AND SPECIAL JUDGE, KOTTAYAM .................... PETITIONER(S): /ACCUSED NO.3 -------------------------------------- BABYCHAN THOMAS, S/O.THOMAS, CHUNAYAMMACKAL HOUSE, MUTHUVANKUDY, CHENKULAM P.O., KUNCHITHANNI VILLAGE, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGEKUTTY MATHEW RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENT ------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ============ Crl.M.C.No.3020 OF 2010 ================ Dated: 30th day of July, 2010 ORDER The petitioner, who is the 3rd accused in C.C.No.67/2008 on the file of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Kottayam for offences punishable under Sections 13(1) (c) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and 409, 468, 471 and 120(B) IPC, seeks a direction to the Special Judge 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 Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Kottayam and seeks regular bail. Crl.M.C.No.3020 OF 2010 2 Accordingly, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of permitting the petitioner to surrender before the Special Judge 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) dmb