IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 4TH APRIL 2008 / 15TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.MC.No. 1484 of 2008 ------------------------- CC.285/2006 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, VADAKKANCHERY .................... PETITIONER: ACCUSED NO.1: ------------------------- ANTONY S.ALUKKAL, S/O.A.O.SANI, ALUKKAL HOUSE, KALADY, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.BABU S. NAIR RESPONDENTS: STATE: ------------------- THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE FOREST RANGE OFFICER, ERUMAPETTY FOREST STATION- THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-31. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR. K..S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04-04-2008 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No.1484 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 4th day of April, 2008 ORDER The Petitioner, who is the 1st accused in C.C.No.285 of 2006 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Vadakkancherry for an offence punishable under Sections 27 of the Kerala Forest Act, seeks a direction to the said Magistrate 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 learned Magistrate and seeks regular bail. Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is disposed of permitting the petitioner to surrender before the learned 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 ks