Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
2.Petitioner was the third accused in CC No. 185 of 1994 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Attingal, in which there were 11 accused. He and the 10th accused were absconding. The others were tried for the offences under Sections 143, 147, 427 & 447 r/w Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. All the other accused except the petitioner and the 10th accused were acquitted by Annexcure A2 judgment. The case of the petitioner and the 10th accused was removed to the Register of Long Pending Cases. Pursuant to the direction issued by this Court, the petitioner surrendered before the trial court and his case is now pending on the file of the trial court as CC No. 401 of 2018. The proceedings are sought to be quashed on the ground of the acquittal of the co-accused. Crl.M.C. No. 1755 of 2018 ..2..
3.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.
4.I have perused Annexure A2 judgment, by which the accused except the petitioner and the 10 th accused were acquitted. I am satisfied that no purpose will be served by the trial of the petitioner.
In the result, this Crl.M.C. is allowed. The proceedings in CC No. 401 of 2018 Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Attingal are quashed so far as the petitioner is concerned.
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K. ABRAHAM MATHEW JUDGE bka/24.05.2018