Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 31ST DAY OF JANUARY 2013 11TH MAGHA 193 Crl.MC.No. 430 of 2013 () ------------------------- OR NO. 142/1998 OF ADOOR EXCISE RANGE, PATHANAMTHITTA. .............. PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------- ASHOKAN, AGED 4 YEARS, S/O.MURALEEDHARAN PILLAI, MEZHUVELI VEETIL, CHATHANPUZHA MURI & ERATHU VILLAGE, ADOOR TALUK, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.SETHUNATH RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT/STATE : ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, ADOOR EXCISE RANGE. PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT-691 528.
2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT.V.H. JASMINE. THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31-01-2013, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: rs. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Criminal M.C.No.430/2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 31st day of January, 2013 ORDER
The prayer is for a direction to the court to consider the application for regular bail on the date of surrender itself and to grant bail.
2. The petitioner is an accused in O.R.No.142/1998 of Adoor Excise Range. The case is now pending as L.P.No.2/2003 in S.C.No.116/2000 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court, Fast Track No.1, Pathanamthitta. The offence alleged is under Section 55(b) of the Kerala Abkari Act.
3. A report was called for by this Court and going by the report submitted by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, steps were taken under Sections 82 and 83 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and now the case is pending as L.P.No.2/2003 and is posted for return of warrant to 25/03/2013.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner will surrender before the court and will file an application for bail and the same may be directed to be considered on the same date of surrender.
5. The petitioner will surrender before the court within a period of one week and if an application for bail is filed, the same will be considered preferably on the same date of surrender itself. The criminal miscellaneous case is disposed of as above. Sd/- (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms \\True copy// P.A. to Judge