IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 31ST MAY 2011 / 10TH JYAISHTA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 4238 of 2011 -------------------------------------- [S.C. NO.425/2007 OF THE ASSISTANT SESSIONS COURT, THRISSUR, CRIME NO.351/2000 OF KUNNAMKULAM POLICE STATION, THRISSUR DISTRICT] ............. PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ---------------------------------- PRADEEP, S/O.KRISHNAN, AGED 45 YEARS, KALARIKKAL HOUSE, CHEMANOOR DESOM, ARTHAT VILLAGE, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.ANIL K.MOHAMMED RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: -------------------------------------------- STATE, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.R. VENUGOPAL. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/05/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. V. RAMKUMAR, J. -------------------------------- Bail Appln.No.4238 of 2011 --------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of May, 2011 ORDER Petitioner, who is the sole accused in S.C.No.425 of 2007 on the file of Assistant Sessions Court, Thrissur, seeks anticipatory bail. 2. Admittedly non-bailable warrants of arrest are pending against the petitioner. Anticipatory bail cannot be granted to nullify the process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. There is no reason why the petitioner should not surrender before the Court below and seek regular bail. Accordingly, if the petitioner surrenders before the court below and files an application for regular bail within two weeks from today, the same shall be considered and disposed of, preferably, on the same date on which it is filed notwithstanding the pendency of non- bailable warrants of arrest against the petitioner. It shall be open to the petitioner to highlight before the Sessions Court the fact that the co-accused have already been acquitted after trial. This Bail Application is, accordingly, disposed of. Dated this the 31st day of May, 2011. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. skj