S K JHA Vs. STATE OF KERALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner who is the commodore Commanding Officer, INS venduruthy, Naval Base, Kochi and who was the applicant in CMP No. 231/2007 before the J. F. C. M.-I, Ernakulamin a petition filed under Section 475, Cr. P. C. , challenges the order dated 14-1-08, dismissing the said petition which originated in the form of a letter dated 14-1-08 addressed to the learned Magistrate.

(2.) THREE of the accused persons in Crime no. 39/2008 of Harbour Police Station are serving officers of the Indian Navy and it was in respect of those three officers that the above request was made before the learned Magistrate.

(3.) THE case of the prosecution in Crime no. 39/2008 of Harbour Police Station can be summarised as follows :