IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 19TH AUGUST 2010 / 28TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 3474 of 2010() ------------------------- (CRIME NO.212/2007 OF NALLALAM POLICE STATION) C.C.NO.132/2008 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-V, KOZHIKODE .................... PETITIONERS:ACCUSED NOS.1 TO 3 --------------- 1. P.VENUGOPALA MENON, S/O.PADMANABHAN NAIR, THECHIYIL VEETTIL PANTHEERANKAVU PO, KOZHIKODE 673 019 2. V.C.VELAYUDHAN NAIR S/O.GOVINDAN NAIR, CHIRUNDOTH VEEDU PANTHEERANKAVU PO, KOZHIKODE 673 019 3. M.RAVINDRAN NAIR S/O.RAVUNNIKUTTY NAIR MACHINGAL HOUSE,PANTHEERANKAVU PO, KOZHIKODE 673 019 BY ADV. SRI.P.S.SREEDHARAN PILLAI SMT.C.G.PREETHA SMT.P.RANI DIOTHIMA SRI.T.K.SANDEEP SRI.ARJUN SREEDHAR SRI.ARUN KRISHNA DHAN RESPONDENT:COMPLAINANT --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. 2. KANDIPERI GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR S/O.ACHUTHAN NAIR, ROHINI NIVAS PATHEERANKAVU PO,KOZHIKODE 673 019 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.3474 of 2010 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of August, 2010 ORDER Petitioners, who are accused Nos.1 to 3 in Crime No.212 of 2007 of Nallalam Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 405, 415, 418, 423 & 464 I.P.C., seek to quash Annexure-I F.I.R. and further proceedings in C.C.No.132/2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-V, Kozhikode. 2. It is too early for this Court exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C to meticulously scan the voluminous prosecution records and to hold that the prosecution of the petitioners is groundless and the same is liable to be quashed. The appropriate remedy of the petitioners is to plead for a discharge before the Court below. 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to permit the petitioners to plead for a discharge in absentia. Accordingly if the petitioners Crl.M.C.No.3474/2010 : 2 : file an application for discharge before the court below through their counsel, that court shall not insist on the personal appearance of the petitioners for the disposal of the discharge petition. This Crl.M.C is disposed of reserving the above right of the petitioners. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj