Kerala High Court
Sindhu K O vs State Of Kerala on 23 July, 2025
Author: P.V.Kunhikrishnan
Bench: P.V.Kunhikrishnan
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN
WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF JULY 2025 / 1ST SRAVANA, 1947
OP(CRL.) NO.476 OF 2025
CC NO.1588 OF 2023 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS,
SULTHANBATHERY
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PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.8 :-
SINDHU K O, AGED 53 YEARS
THEERAM HOUSE PANAYATHERI, BALARAMAPURAM,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT., PIN - 695 501
BY ADVS.
SRI.P.K.VARGHESE
SHRI.JERRY MATHEW
SMT.DEVIKA K.R.
SHRI.DHANESH V.MADHAVAN
SMT.SAWPARNIKA RAJU
SHRI.M.T.SAMEER
RESPONDENT/STATE :-
STATE OF KERALA
REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682 031
OTHER PRESENT:
SR PP SMT SEETHA S
THIS OP (CRIMINAL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
23.07.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
OP(Crl.)No.476 of 2025
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P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J
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O.P.(Crl.) No.476 of 2025
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Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2025
JUDGMENT
This original petition is filed with the following prayers :-
"I. Direct the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class-I, Sulthan
Bathery to post the aforesaid cases on the same day,
pending on the files of it, in the interest of justice.
II. Issue any other appropriate order or direction which as the
petitioner prays later and this Honourable Court may deem
fit and necessary to issue, in the interest of justice.
III. Dispense with the production of translation of malayalam
documents if any." [SIC]
2. The petitioner is a Village Officer and she is also accused in
20 cases pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I,
Sulthan Bathery. The main prayer in this petition is to issue a
direction to the learned Magistrate to post the aforesaid cases on the
same day. The petitioner submitted that since she is working as a
Village Officer in Thiruvananthapuram District, she is not in a
position to appear regularly in 20 cases if the cases are posted on
different dates.
3. I think there is some force in the above submission. But,
the petitioner is directly approaching this Court with this original
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petition. The petitioner can file an application before the
jurisdictional court with the prayers mentioned in this petition. If
such an application is filed, there can be a direction to the learned
Magistrate to consider the same.
Therefore, this original petition is disposed of with the
following directions :-
1. The petitioner is free to file an application before the
Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Sulthan Bathery
to post all the 20 cases on a particular date within
two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this
judgment.
2. If such an application is filed, the jurisdictional court
will pass appropriate orders in accordance with law,
forthwith.
Sd/-
P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, JUDGE
Jvt
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APPENDIX OF OP(CRL.) 476/2025
PETITIONER EXHIBITS
Exhibit P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO.281/2021 OF
MEENANGADI POLICE STATION
Exhibit P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.1588/2023 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.486/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.1013/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.1374/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P6 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.1296/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P7 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.362/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P8 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.342/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P9 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.422/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P10 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.1199/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P11 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.182/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
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Exhibit P12 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.181/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P13 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.202/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P14 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.213/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P15 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.260/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P16 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.355/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P17 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.517/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P18 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.504/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P19 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.451/2025 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P20 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.139/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
Exhibit P21 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHEET IN CC
NO.1067/2024 ON THE FILES OF THE COURT OF THE
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-1, SULTHAN
BATHERY
