IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.R.UDAYABHANU TUESDAY, THE 29TH MAY 2007 / 8TH JYAISHTA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 3630 of 2004() ------------------------- CC.174/2001 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, THRISSUR .................... PETITIONER: ------------ T.B. BAIJULAL, S/O. BALACHANDRAN, THEKKECHERUVIL HOUSE, MUKKUTTUTHARA, PATHANAMTHITTA, EMPLOYED AT SULEKHA HOSPITAL, P.O.BOX NO.457, SHARJAH, U.A.E. BY ADV. SRI.T.I.ABDUL SALAM RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, THRISSUR WEST POLICE STATION, THRISSUR. 3. K.V. RAVEENDRAN, MANAGER, WEST FORT HOSPITAL, THRISSUR. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED SRI.V.R.KESAVA KAIMAL SRI.N.M.MADHU THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 29/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.R.UDAYABHANU, J --------------------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.3630 of 2004 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of May, 2007 O R D E R Petitioner is the accused in C.C.No.174/2001 in the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thrissur with respect to the offence under Section 420 read with 34 IPC. The allegation is that the accused and the second accused while working in the institution of the complainant misappropriated a sum of Rs.1,450/-. 2. It is submitted by the counsel appearing for both sides that the matter has been settled. But the compounding petition could not be filed as the petitioner is working in the Middle East. In the circumstances and in view of the facts of the case that the amount involved is only Rs.1,450/-, the entire proceedings in C.C.174/2007 is herewith quashed. The Crl.M.C. is allowed. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl