IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 16TH AUGUST 2010 / 25TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3197 of 2010() ------------------------- (CRIME NO.426/2009 OF CHAKKARAKAL POLICE STATION, KANNUR) CC.256/2010 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, THALASSERY .................... PETITIONERS: ACCUSED NOS. 1 TO 5 ---------------------------------- 1. A.P.SHABEER, AGED 33, S/O. UMMER HAJI, SHAMEER MANZIL, PANERICHAL, CHAKKARAKKAL, IRIVERY.P.O., KANNUR. 2. A.P.BASHEER, AGED 36 S/O UMMER HAJI, PALATHINKAL RICKKAS MANZIL, CHANTHAKADAVU, PULIMOOD JUNCTION KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. (ADDRESS SHOWN IN THE CHARGE IS SHAMEER MANZIL, PANERICHAL) 3. SHEMITHA, AGED 27, W/O. A.P.BASHEER, PALATHINKAL RICKKAS MANZIL, CHANTHAKADAVU, PULIMOOD JUNCTION, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT (ADDRESS SHOWN IN THE CHARGE IS THEILAKKANDI HOUSE NEAR AYYALATH SCHOOL, THALASSERI) 4. SAINABA, AGED 62, W/O.UMMER HAJI, SHAMEER MANZIL PANERICHAL, CHAKKARAKAL, IRIVERY.P.O KANNUR. 5. A.P.ASHRAFF, AGED 40, S/O. UMMER HAJI, NO.16, A.M. LINE, KALASSIPALAYAM, BANGALORE-2, KARNATAKA STATE. BY ADV. SRI.B.RAMAN PILLAI SRI.R.ANIL SRI.ANIL K.MOHAMMED SRI.SUJESH MENON V.B. SRI.JOSEPH P.ALEX SRI.SHYAM ARAVIND SRI.T.ANIL KUMAR Crl.MC.No. 3197 of 2010 RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & DEFACTO COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------------------ 1. STATE, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 682031. 2. C.K. SAJREENA, AGED 27, D/O. SUBAIR, KAYATH VILLA, KAYATH ROAD, THALASSERRY KANNUR DISTRICT. PIN-670512. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HIRTHWIK THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.3197 of 2010 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of August, 2010 ORDER Petitioners, who are accused Nos.1 to 5 in Crime No.426/2010 of Chakkarakkal Police Station, Kannur for an offence punishable under Section 498A read with Section 34 I.P.C., seek to quash Annexure-A Charge and all further proceedings in C.C.No.256/2010 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thalasseri. 2. It is too early for this Court exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C to meticulously scan the voluminous prosecution records and to hold that the prosecution of the petitioners is groundless and the same is liable to be quashed. The appropriate remedy of the petitioners is to plead for a discharge before the Court below. 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to permit the petitioners to plead for a discharge in absentia. Accordingly if the petitioners Crl.M.C.No.3197/2010 : 2 : file an application for discharge before the court below through their counsel, that court shall not insist on the personal appearance of the petitioners for the disposal of the discharge petition. This Crl.M.C is disposed of reserving the above right of the petitioners. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj