IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOMAS P.JOSEPH FRIDAY, THE 29TH APRIL 2011 / 9TH VAISAKHA 1933 OP(Crl.).No. 1562 of 2011(Q) ---------------------------- CC.1919/2010 of J.M.F.C.-I,THRISSUR .................... PETITIONER :- ---------------------- RANDEEP.E.R., S/O.RAGHU, EASWARAMANGALATH (H) ABDULLA ROAD, MADAVANA P.O., KODUNGALLUR. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRI.SAIJO HASSAN SRI.PRATHAP PILLAI SRI.RAJAN VELLOTH SRI.RAFEEK.V.K. SRI.BENOJ C. AUGUSTINE SRI.SEBIN THOMAS RESPONDENT(S) :- ------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.K.J.MOHAMED ANZAR THIS OP (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/04/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: jvt THOMAS P. JOSEPH, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O.P (Crl.) No.1562 of 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 29th day of April 2011 J U D G M E N T Petitioner is the 9th accused in C.C.No.1919 of 2010 of the court of learned Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Thrissur for offences punishable under Secs.143, 147, 188 and 283 r/w Sec.149 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, “the IPC”). Case is that petitioner and other caused obstruction to public passage. Petitioner was released on bail. But on account of his employment abroad, he could not appear in court. Petitioner seeks early disposal of the case. Learned counsel submitted that learned Magistrate before whom the case is pending is on long leave. I have heard learned Public Prosecutor also. 2. If the learned Magistrate is on long leave, no question of grant of any direction for early disposal of the case arises. It is open to the petitioner to approach learned O.P (Crl.) No.1562 of 2011 -: 2 :- Chief Judicial Magistrate or the Sessions Judge for withdrawal/transfer of the case to some other court if he is aggrieved by the non-disposal of the case and if there is no possibility of a Magistrate being posted in Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Thrissur immediately. This original petition is disposed of as above. THOMAS P. JOSEPH, JUDGE. Jvt