investigation final report was filed and it is now as CP.No.10/2013 before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Ernakulam. It is also an admitted fact that since the petitioner did not appear personally but appeared through counsel when summons received and filed application to condone his absence and that was once allowed but on the second occasion when such an application has been filed it was dismissed and non bailable warrant has been issued against him. It is an admitted fact that he was not granted bail during the crime stage. The apprehension of the petitioner that if he surrenders before the Court below he will be remanded and his bail application will not be considered is without any basis and not genuine. This Court has in several matters of such nature time and again observed that the presiding officers of the Criminal Courts are duty bound to consider and dispose of the bail applications if any filed by the accused on their surrender as far as possible on the date of filing of the applications itself unless compelling circumstances warrant postponement of the same to a future date. So there is no necessity to issue any direction as such claimed in the petition. However, considering the apprehension raised by the petitioner in the petition, this Court feels that the petition can be disposed of as follows:-
