High Court of KeralaSingle JudgeRevision petitions dismissed

CRL.RC No. 611 of 2018 and Connected Cases (Suo Motu Proceedings) – High Court of Kerala

Case / Petition Number:CRL.RC No. 611/2018 & connected cases

Case Details & Bench

Court
High Court of Kerala
Hon'ble Judges
  • P. Somarajan
Judgment Date
2024-06-12
Court Decision / Holding
The revisions fail and are closed.
Final Disposition
Revision petitions dismissed

Legal Representation & Advocates

Counsels for Respondents

  • • C. N. Prabhakaran, Senior Public Prosecutor
  • • Sangeetharaj N. R., Public Prosecutor

Case Synopsis & Summary

This is a consolidated order of the High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam, rendered by Justice P. Somarajan on 12 June 2024 in CRL.RC Nos. 611/2018 and a large group of connected criminal revision cases. The batch concerns suo motu proceedings instituted under the Administrative Committee’s resolution dated 18 September 2017. The court considered whether the trial court could, under Section 258 of the Cr.P.C., stop proceedings in summons-case matters when the accused could not be located despite reasonable efforts and where the cost of securing attendance would exceed the maximum prescribed fine. The judgment recounts the statutory framework for stoppage under Section 258 Cr.P.C., including the court’s power to halt proceedings and, where appropriate, pronounce judgment of acquittal or discharge. It cites a Division Bench decision in Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Another (2023 KHC OnLine 821) to anchor the legal position in this context. On analyzing the matter, the court holds that the contemplated stoppage falls within Section 258 Cr.P.C. and that the Magistrate’s stoppage does not warrant interference. Consequently, the revisions are dismissed and the connected cases closed. The order emphasizes faithful adherence to statutory provision and binding precedent, while providing guidance for future suo motu proceedings and batch handling of similar cases.

Provisions of Law Cited

Cr.P.C. 258

Cited Precedents (1)

Case NameCitationTreatmentExplanation
Suo motu v. State of Kerala and Another2023 KHC OnLine 821PositiveCourt relied on this decision to support the applicability of Section 258 Cr.P.C. and stoppage of proceedings.

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## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ## **`THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN`** ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 ``` ``` CRL.RC NO. 611 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.3804 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST, CR.733/2014. 2VIJAYAN @ SOLAR S/O.MADHAVAN PILLAI, VEENA NIVAS, NEAR PAPANASAM GAS GODOWN, MUNDAKKAL EAST WARD, MUNDAKKAL VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.612/2018, 613/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 2 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 612 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.3645 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA, CR.26/2014.`** - **`2 NOUSHAD`** - **`S/O.ABDUL MUHAMMED, DIPPO PURAYIDAM, SNEHATHEERAM NAGAR-213, PALLITHOTTAM CHERI, KOLLAM WEST VILLAGE.`** ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 3 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 613 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.2619 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST, CR.532/2014.`** - **`2 MUKESH`** ``` S/O.MURALEEDHARAN, THODIYIL THEKKATHIL VEEDU, GANDHI NAGAR-14, ARUNOOTIMANGALAM CHERI, MANGADU VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 4 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 617 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10855 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.2741/2013.`** - **`2 ABDUL KHARIM`** ``` S/O.HANEEFA KUNJU, EDAPURAYIL HOUSE, NEAR MOITHEEN MUKKU THAIKKAVU MUKKU, PUNUKANNOOR CHERI, ELAMPALLOOR VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 5 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 618 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10622 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM CR.2047/2013. ``` ## **`2 THULASEEDHARAN`** ``` S/O.MADHAVAN, SATHEESH BHAVANAM, NEAR PERUMPUZHA KURISADI, PUTHAKANOOR CHERI, ILAMBALLOR VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 6 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 620 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.2303 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM, CR.274/2014.`** - **`2 SANOFFER`** ``` S/O.THAJUDDEEN, CHONKARA VADAKKATHIL, SREEVILASAM-215, VADAKKEVILA CHERI, VADAKKEVILA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 7 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 621 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.2228 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA, CR.1773/2013. ``` - **`2 THOMAS`** ``` S/O.JOHN, MALIYEKKAL VEEDU, NEAR MOOKKANNOR COLLEGE, KARAYAMPARAMBIL VILLAGE, ERNAKULAM. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 8 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 623 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10846 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.2805/2013. ``` - **`2 SHAJAHAN`** ``` S/O.ABDUL LATHEEF, ANWARSHAH MANZIL, KUNNUMMAL CHERI, ADICHANALLUR VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 9 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 624 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10843 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.2811/2013. ``` - **`2 ANSARUDEEN`** ``` S/O.ABDUL REHIMAN, RAJU NIVAS, NEAR JOLLY JUNCTION, ILLAM NAGAR, VALATHUNGAL CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 10 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 626 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.341 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST CR.306/2013. ``` ``` 2JOHNSON S/O.JOSEPH, YESHUMANI BHAVAN, NEAR CHETTINADA TEMPLE, VADAAKKUMBHAGAM CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 11 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 630 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10140 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM CR.2648/2013. ``` - **`2 BINU`** ``` S/O.BALABHADRAN, CHINNU BHAVAN, VEPPU MUKKU, NEDUMBANA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 12 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 639 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10123 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR. 2086/2013.`** - **`2 SABEER`** - **`S/O. ISMAILKUNJU, KOCHU EZHUTHANIYIL VEEDU, KANNANALLOOR CHERI, THRIKKOVILVATTOM VILLAGE.`** ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 13 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 643 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6000 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,ERAVIPURAM, CR. 1101/2014`** - **`2 ANEESH.`** ``` S/O. BHODANAM, ASHA BHAVAN, NEAR PARAKKULAM,PARAYIL CHERI, NADAKKAL VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 14 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 648 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6097 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST, CR. 1446/2014.`** - **`2 RAJU`** ``` S/O. ANTONY, JOSEPH BHAVAN, NEAR MILK SOCIETY,PERAYAM CHERI, MULAVANA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 15 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 649 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6142 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,KOTTIYAM CR.608/2014. ``` ``` 2BIJU S/O. VIJAYAN, KRISHNAN HARI, PERAYAM CHERI, THAZHUTHALA VILLAGE FROM NEDUMPANA CHERI, NEDUMPANA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 16 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 654 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.5954 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST CR.1257/2014. ``` ``` 2SANTHOSH KUMAR S/O JANARDHANAN NADAR, KANAL PURAYIDOM VEEDU, NEAR KONDETHU BRIDGE, UDAYAMARTHANDAPURAM CHERI, MUNDAKKAL VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 17 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 659 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6641 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM, CR.1247/2014.`** - **`2 VIJAYAKUMAR`** ``` S/O.RAMACHANDRAN PILLAI, VAYALIL PUTHEN VEEDU, MANGALATHU NAGAR-235, PUNTHALATHAZHAM CHERI, VADAKKEVILA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 18 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 660 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6638 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM, CR.1260/2014. ``` ``` 2ANEESH S/O.JOHN, MOUNT VIEW HOUSE, NEAR NSS LLB COLLEGE, VADAKKUMKARA KIZHAKKE CHERI, THAZHUTHALA VILLAGE FROM KAPPUMKOLLI VEEDU, AMBALACHERI, PALLIKKUNNAM CHERI, KANIYAMPATTA VILLAGE, KALPATTA TALUK, VAYANADU DISTRICT. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 19 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 663 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6649 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM CR.1218/2014. ``` ``` 2IGNATIOUS BABU S/O JOHNSON, FISHERMEN COLONY, THEKKUMBHAGAM CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 20 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 665 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6632 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM, CR.1264/2014. ``` - **`2 SHAJI`** ``` S/O.JOHNSON, FISHERMEN COLONY-84, THANNI, THEKKUMBHAGAM CHERRY, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 21 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 669 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.4797 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM. CR.818/2014. ``` - **`2 JAMES`** ``` S/O.JIMMY, ELANJIKKAL KIZHAKKATHIL, NEAR KARIVEL THODU, VALATHUNGAL CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 22 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 675 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.5280 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM. CR.1128/2014.`** - **`2 RATHEESH`** ``` S/O.NATARAJAN, REKHA BHAVAN, VADAKKUMKARA EAST CHERI, THRIKKOVILVATTOM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 23 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 679 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.5855 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA, CR.1011/2014.`** - **`2 DANIEL`** - **`S/O.STEPHEN, MATTATHU THOPPIL, SAKTHIKULANGARA CHERI, SAKTHIKULANGARA VILLAGE.`** ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 24 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 680 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6830 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM CR.1655/2014. 2RAHIM S/O PODIKUNJU, KALLUVILA VEETTIL, UMAYANELLORE PADANILAM, VADAKKUMKARA WEST CHERI, MAYYANADU VILLAGE, RESIDING AT RENTED HOUSE NAMED KALLUVILLA VEETTIL, PUDUCHIRA CHERI, THAZHUTHALLA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 25 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 683 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7225 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,KOTTIYAM CR.1751/2014. ``` ``` 2VIMAL ``` ``` S/O.JOSEPH ALEXANDER, VILAYIL VEEDU, KANIYAPURAM-PERUMATHARA ROUTE, PUTHUKURICHI, KADINAMKULAM VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 26 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 684 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6857 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR. 1676/2014. ``` ``` 2ARUN S/O. RATNAKAR, KUNNATH VEETTIL, MEENATTUTHAZHAM SOUTH, ERAM MIDDLE CHERI, MEENADU VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 27 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 685 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6864 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,SAKTHIKULANGARA CR.1255/2014. ``` - **`2 SANTHOSH`** ``` S/O. MOHANAN, SANTHOSH BHAVANAM, KONUVILA,KODUVILA CHERI, EAST KALLADA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 28 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 687 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6879 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.978/2014.`** - **`2 RAJESH`** ``` S/O.PRABHAKARAN, NARAYANAVILASAM VEEDU, NEAR SABT MHPS SCHOOL, SOCIETY MUKKU, PERUBUZHATHAZHAM CHERI, ELAMBALLOOR VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 29 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 688 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6894 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA CR. 1256/2014. ``` ``` 2JACKSON JOBBY S/O. JOBI, ARUVITT AZHIKATHU VEEDU, SOUTH OF SAKTHIKULANGARA TEMPLE, SAKTHIKULANGARA CHERI, SAKTHIKULANGARA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 30 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ## **`THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN`** ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 691 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6996 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** |**`1`**|**`STATE OF KERALA`**| |---|---| ||**`REPRESENTED BY THE EXCISE INSPECTOR,`**| ||**`EXCISE RANGE OFFICE,`**| ||**`KOLLAM,`**| ||**`CR.NO.138/2014.`**| |**`2`**|**`JAYAN REJI`**| ||**`S/O.BARNABAS,SHAJI HOUSE,`**| ||**`VALLAKKADAVU.P.O,FC ROAD,`**| ||**`KOCHUTHOPPU,VALIYATHURA,`**| ||**`PETTA VILLAGE,`**| ||**`THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT.`**| ||**`BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR`**| ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 31 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 692 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7104 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHILULANGARA CR. 1336/2014. ``` ``` 2JOHNNY S/O. CLEETUS, SNEHADEEPAM NAGAR – 50, PALLITHOTTAM MURI, KOLLAM WEST VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 32 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 693 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6906 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.1723/2014. ``` ``` 2SUBASH ``` ``` S/O.SUNDARESAN, VAYALIL PUTHENVEEDU, NEAR U.P.SCHOOL, MAVACHANKKAVU, MAMPUZHA CHERI, KOTTAMKARA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 33 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 694 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7148 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM, CR.1385/2014. ``` - **`2 VISHNU`** ``` S/O.VIJAYAN, FATHIMA MANZIL, NEAR VALIYAVILA MADAN NADA, MAYYANADU CHERI, MAYYANADU VILLAGE FROM THOTTUVAKIZHAKKATHIL, VALATHUNGAL CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 34 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 695 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6803 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.1666/2014.`** - **`2 ABDHUL SAMAD`** - **`S/O.BASHEER, NEEROZHUKKU VEETTIL, NEAR VADAKUMBHAGAM PALLI, CONGAL CHERI, KOTTAPURAM VILLAGE, PARAVOOR.`** ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 35 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 696 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6829 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.1512/2014.`** - **`2 AMJITH`** ``` S/O.RAJU, CHAKKAMALLIL VEETTIL, NORTH SIDE OF PULIYATHMUKKU, KANNIMEL CHERI, KILIKOLLUR VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 36 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 698 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.8788 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR. 2229/2014. ``` - **`2 SHAMNAD`** ``` S/O.ZAINULABDHEEN, CHARUVILA VEEDU, EDAPPAMTHODU, MUTTAYKKAVU CHERI, NEDUMPANA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 37 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 702 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10152 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.2587/2013. ``` ``` 2SAJI ``` ``` S/O.MOHANAN,THEKEVILA KIZHAKETHIL, MAMBUZHA CHERI, KOTTANGARA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 38 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 703 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10165 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.2651/2013`** - **`2 SANALKUMAR, S/O. KOCHUKUNJU, NADUVILAZHIKATH PUTHANVEETTIL, NADUVILAKKARA CHERI, THRIKKOVILVATTOM VILLAGE.`** ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 39 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 704 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10182 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST, CR.2304/2013.`** - **`2 NISHAD KHAN S/O.SAKEER HUSSAIN, PUTHUVAL PARAYIDAM VEEDU, VALAKKADAVIL, BHEEMA PALLI CHERI, MUTTATHARA VILLAGE.`** ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 40 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 708 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7226 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.1752/2014.`** - **`2 STALIN PRAKASH`** - **`S/O.JAYAPRAKASH, FARSANA MANZIL, NEAR THAZHUTHALA NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, THAZHUTHALA CHERI, THAZHUTHALA VILLAGE.`** ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 41 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 709 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7234 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.1806/2014.`** - **`2 BAIJU`** ``` S/O.KANAKARAJAN, THEJUS MANDHIRAM, PANAYIL VAYALIL, AAKKOLI CHERI, MAYANADU VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 42 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 711 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7259 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA CR.1343/2014. ``` - **`2 DEVADAS`** ``` S/O.ANTONY, MARY ANJANA, AR NAGAR, MEENATHUCHERRY, SAKTHIKULANGARA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 43 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 712 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7249 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA CR.737/2014. ``` ``` 2BIJU T.M. S/O.THULASEEDHARAN, KUNNIL THEKKETHIL, NETHAJI NAGAR 71, AAKOLIL CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 44 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 713 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7235 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM, CR.1833/2014.`** - **`2 MANOJ`** ``` S/O.BABU, THARAVATTATHU VEEDU, MULLUVILA CHERI, VADAKKEVILA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 45 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 716 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.7153 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERAVIPURAM CR.1294/2014. ``` - **`2 SHAMNAD`** ``` S/O.YUSUF KUNJU, SAIDALI NAGAR-21, VALATHUNGAL CHERI, ERAVIPURAM VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 46 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 719 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.8785 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** ``` 1STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOTTIYAM CR.2226/2014. ``` ``` 2SANTHOSH KUMAR @ KANNAN S/O.CHELLAPPAN, LAKSHMI VILASAM, EAST OF KSRTC BUS STATIOIN, CHITTANIKKARA DESAM, ATTINGAL VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 47 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 721 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.2985 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAKTHIKULANGARA, CR.366/2014.`** - **`2 ANEESH`** ``` S/O OMANAKUTTAN, AKIL NIVAS, KUZHIYAM MURI, PERINADU VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 48 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 722 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.10838 OF 2013 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,KOTTIYAM, CR.2791/2013.`** - **`2 BALACHANDRAN PILLAI`** ``` S/O KUTTAN PILLAI, NEDUVAM VEEDU, NORTH OF PALLIMON MARKET, PALLIMON CHERI, NEDUMBANA VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV. SRI.SANGEETHARAJ N R, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 49 ``` ## **`IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM`** ## **`PRESENT`** ``` THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN ``` ``` WEDNESDAY, THE 12[TH] DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 22ND JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.RC NO. 723 OF 2018 ``` ``` AGAINST THE ORDER IN ST NO.6669 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -II, KOLLAM PETITIONER: ``` ``` SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS AS PER THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS MEETING HELD ON 18.09.17. ``` ## **`RESPONDENTS:`** - **`1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KOLLAM EAST, CR.1620/2014.`** - **`2 MURUGAN`** ``` S/O RAMASWAMI, PULLIKADA COLONY, VADAKKUMBHAGAM CHERI, KOLLAM EAST VILLAGE. ``` ``` BY ADV.C.N.PRABHAKARAN, SR. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ``` ``` THIS CRIMINAL REVISION CASE HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 12.06.2024, ALONG WITH Crl.RC.611/2018 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: ``` ``` 50 ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & ``` ``` Connected Cases ``` ## **`ORDER`** ``` [Crl.RC.Nos.611/2018, 612/2018,613/2018, 617/2018, 618/2018, 620/2018, 621/2018, 623/2018, 624/2018, 626/2018, 630/2018, 639/2018, 643/2018, 648/2018, 649/2018, 654/2018, 659/2018, 660/2018, 663/2018, 665/2018, 669/2018, 675/2018, 679/2018, 680/2018, 683/2018, 684/2018, 685/2018, 687/2018, 688/2018, 691/2018, 692/2018, 693/2018, 694/2018, 695/2018, 696/2018, 698/2018, 702/2018, 703/2018, 704/2018, 708/2018, 709/2018, 711/2018, 712/2018, 713/2018, 716/2018, 719/2018, 721/2018, 722/2018 &723/2018] ``` ``` Suo motu proceedings were initiated against ``` ``` the order of acquittal on the ground that the jurisdiction under Section 258 Cr.P.C. was ``` ``` exercised without any sufficient ground and without ``` ``` the compliance of requirement as mandated. ``` ``` 2.Section 258 Cr.P.C. is extracted below for ``` ``` reference: ``` ``` “258. Power to stop proceedings in certain cases.—In any summons-case institutedotherwisethanupon complaint, a Magistrate of the first class or, with the previous sanction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, any ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 51 ``` ``` other Judicial Magistrate, may, for reasons to be recorded by him, stop the proceedings at any stage without pronouncing any judgment and where such stoppage of proceedings is made after the evidence of the principal witnesses has been recorded, pronounce a judgment of acquittal, and in any other case, release the accused, and such release shall have the effect of discharge.” ``` ``` 3.In a summons case, it is permissible for ``` ``` the Magistrate, for the reason to be recorded, to ``` ``` stop further proceedings at any stage without ``` ``` pronouncing any judgment and to release the ``` ``` accused which will have the effect of a discharge ``` ``` or in the case of recording of statement of principal witness to pronounce a judgment of ``` ``` acquittal, if it is found that the accused could not be procured within a reasonable time or cost of procuring the accused would exceed the maximum fine amount that can be imposed for the offence alleged against. ``` ``` 4.A Division Bench of this Court had the ``` ``` occasion to consider the application of Section ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` ``` 52 ``` ``` 258 Cr.P.C. in a summons case in Suo motu v. State ``` ``` of Kerala and Another (2023 KHC OnLine 821).The relevant portion of the judgment is extracted ``` ## `below for reference:` ``` “ii. In the case of those summons-cases instituted otherwise than upon a complaint, which do not qualify as petty offences, where the prosecution files a report stating unambiguously that despite its best efforts at locating the accused, it has not been successful in securing the presence of the accused before the Magistrate, the Magistrate concerned shall scrutinise the report submitted by the prosecution to satisfy himself/herself of the fact that reasonably sufficient steps have been taken by the prosecution to ensure the presence of the accused and that the costs of ensuring the appearance of such accused far exceed the maximum fine that is prescribed under the Statute for the offence concerned. In the event of the Magistrate being satisfied of both of the aspects mentioned above, then it would be permissible for the Magistrate to record an order of stoppage of proceedings in accordance with Section 258 of the Cr.P.C.” ``` ``` 5.Being the legal position settled as above, ``` ``` it is within the jurisdiction of the trial ``` ``` court/concerned Magistrate to exercise the power ``` ``` Crl.RC No.611/2018 & Connected Cases ``` **==> picture [15 x 9] intentionally omitted <==** ``` under Section 258 Cr.P.C. on its satisfaction that ``` ``` the presence of the accused could not be procured ``` ``` in spite of attempt or that the cost of ``` ``` ensuring/procuring the accused would exceed the ``` ``` maximum fine that may be imposed for the offence. ``` ``` These cases would squarely fall under the purview of Section 258 Cr.P.C.. Hence, stoppage of proceedings by the learned Magistrate deserves no interference. The revisions fail and are closed. ``` ## **`Sd/-`** ## **`P.SOMARAJAN`** ## **`JUDGE`** ``` SPV ```