IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 18TH MAY 2010 / 28TH VAISAKHA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 1702 of 2010() ------------------------------------ S.T..306/2007 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, KOLLAM. .................... PETITIONER(S): ACCUSED ---------------------- HABEEB MUHAMMED, AGED 43 YEARS, NOORANIYA MANZIL, MARKET ROAD, PANDAKASALA, KATTAKKADA P.O. BY ADV. SRI.R.T.PRADEEP SRI.V.VIJULAL RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.S.U.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/05/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ============ Crl.M.C. No.1702 of 2010 ================== Dated: 18th day of May 2010 ORDER The petitioner, who is the accused in S.T. No.306/07 pending on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Kollam, seeks a direction to the said Magistrate to release the petitioner on bail on the date of his surrender itself. The offence involved is one punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881. 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 C.J.M. and seeks regular bail. Crl.M.C. No.1702 of 2010 2 Accordingly, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of permitting the petitioner to surrender before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate 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