{"id":246608,"date":"2010-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-n-shibu-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-september-2010"},"modified":"2014-01-21T04:09:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T22:39:38","slug":"n-n-shibu-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-n-shibu-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"N.N.Shibu vs State Of Kerala on 17 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
N.N.Shibu vs State Of Kerala on 17 September, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 16197 of 2008(C)\n\n\n1. N.N.SHIBU,S\/O.NARAYANAN.\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.PIRAPPANCODE V.S.SUDHIR\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :17\/09\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n             M.Sasidharan Nambiar, J.\n            --------------------------\n             W.P.(C)No.16197 of 2008 C\n            --------------------------\n\n                     JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
    By Exhibit P3 notification dated 25.09.2007,<\/p>\n
Government  appointed  Sri.K.P.Rajeevan,  Advocate,<\/p>\n
Ernakulam as Special Public prosecutor for the<\/p>\n
conduct of prosecution in S.C.No.357\/2004 on the<\/p>\n
file of Sessions Court, Ernakulam. The explanatory<\/p>\n
note to the notification shows that Government<\/p>\n
considered it necessary to appoint Sri.K.P.Rajeevan,<\/p>\n
Advocate, who is having the requisite qualification<\/p>\n
for being appointed as Special Public Prosecutor,<\/p>\n
to conduct the said case. Evidence in the case was<\/p>\n
partly recorded. At that stage Exhibit P4 order was<\/p>\n
passed on 23.05.2008, cancelling the appointment of<\/p>\n
Sri.K.P.Rajeevan  with   immediate   effect.   This<\/p>\n
petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution<\/p>\n
of India for a writ of mandamus directing the<\/p>\n
respondent to permit Sri.K.P.Rajeevan to continue<\/p>\n
as Special Public Prosecutor and to declare that he<\/p>\n
WPC 16197\/08              2<\/span><\/p>\n
is entitled to continue with the conduct of the<\/p>\n
prosecution in S.C.No.357\/2004.\n<\/p>\n
     2. Director General of Prosecutions filed a<\/p>\n
statement,    which  discloses  that one  K.K.Sivan<\/p>\n
submitted a representation before him revealing<\/p>\n
that he is the eleventh accused in S.C.No.357\/2004<\/p>\n
and a counter case was registered as Crime No.<\/p>\n
74\/2001 of Piravom Police Station and a special<\/p>\n
Public Prosecutor was not appointed in that case<\/p>\n
because     of political  influence and a   Special<\/p>\n
Prosecutor is appointed in S.C.No.357\/2004. A copy<\/p>\n
of the petition filed before the Additional Chief<\/p>\n
Secretary, Home and Vigilance Department against<\/p>\n
the appointment of Special Public Prosecutor was<\/p>\n
also produced before him. It is also stated that on<\/p>\n
a  perusal    of  the  averments  in the  petition,<\/p>\n
Director General of Prosecutions was convinced that<\/p>\n
Special Public Prosecutor was appointed by the<\/p>\n
State without his recommendation and in violation<\/p>\n
of the Circular issued by Government of Kerala and<\/p>\n
WPC 16197\/08              3<\/span><\/p>\n
therefore,    he  addressed  the   Additional  Chief<\/p>\n
Secretary, along with the representation of Sivan,<\/p>\n
to cancel the appointment of Sri.K.P.Rajeevan and<\/p>\n
by Exhibit P4 order, his appointment was cancelled.<\/p>\n
     3. Learned counsel, who appear for accused 14<\/p>\n
and 15 in S.C.No.357\/2004, submitted that accused<\/p>\n
14   and    15  filed  an  application   to  implead<\/p>\n
themselves as additional respondents and the case<\/p>\n
is   unnecessarily   being  protracted   before  the<\/p>\n
Sessions Court and a direction be issued to dispose<\/p>\n
the case expeditiously. As the presence of accused<\/p>\n
14 and 15 is not necessary to decide the question<\/p>\n
involved in the case, it is not necessary to<\/p>\n
implead them as additional respondents. Hence, the<\/p>\n
application   to  implead   accused 14   and  15  as<\/p>\n
additional respondents is dismissed.<\/p>\n
     4. It is under Exhibit P2 order, Government<\/p>\n
appointed    Sri.K.P.Rajeevan   as  Special   Public<\/p>\n
Prosecutor to conduct the prosecution in S.C.No.<\/p>\n
357\/2004.    The  explanatory  note  to  Exhibit  P3<\/p>\n
WPC 16197\/08             4<\/span><\/p>\n
notification establishes that Government considered<\/p>\n
it necessary to appoint Sri.K.P.Rajeevan and found<\/p>\n
him    having  the  requisite   qualification   and<\/p>\n
therefore, he was appointed. Though, by Exhibit P4<\/p>\n
order, the appointment was later cancelled, the<\/p>\n
reason for cancellation is not shown in Exhibit P4<\/p>\n
order. Exhibit P4 order does not disclose that<\/p>\n
Sri.K.P.Rajeevan was found to be not qualified or<\/p>\n
incompetent   to be  appointed  as  Special  Public<\/p>\n
Prosecutor or that he is not conducting the case<\/p>\n
properly. The statement filed by Director General<\/p>\n
of Prosecutions reveals that the appointment was<\/p>\n
cancelled    at his instance,  as  he  received  a<\/p>\n
representation from the eleventh accused that there<\/p>\n
is a counter case and in the main case a Special<\/p>\n
Public Prosecutor was appointed due to political<\/p>\n
influence and the said Special Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n
was   appointed  without  consulting  him  and   in<\/p>\n
violation of the Circular.\n<\/p>\n
WPC 16197\/08                        5<\/span><\/p>\n
     5. Exhibit R1(a) is the Circular issued by the<\/p>\n
Government         on      25.03.1992,           prescribing     the<\/p>\n
guidelines      to     be    followed       while      appointing  a<\/p>\n
Special Public Prosecutor. The five guidelines read<\/p>\n
as follows:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
           (a) The appointment of Special Public Prosecutors
\n           will be permitted only in very exceptional
\n           circumstances, where the cases involved are highly
\n           sensational or have extensive public interest.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           (b) The appointment will be made only after
\n           consultation    with   the    District   Collector\/
\n           Superintendent of Police concerned who will
\n           specifically  express   his   view    whether  the
\n           appointment of Special Public Prosecutor is
\n           absolutely necessary to conduct the prosecution
\n           effectively.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           (c) If the District Collector\/Superintendent of
\n           Police is so satisfied, he will also forward to
\n           Government a letter from the Advocate proposed
\n           to be appointed as Special Public Prosecutor,
\n           indicating  his   willingness   to    conduct  the
\n           prosecution on payment of regularisation fee
\n           prescribed in the Kerala Government Law Officers
\n           (Appointment and Conditions of Service) and
\n           Conduct of Cases Rules, 1978.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           (d) No private individual will be permitted to meet
\n           expenses connected with engagement of a Special
\n           Public Prosecutor.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WPC 16197\/08                       6<\/span><\/p>\n
           (e) Requests for appointment of a Junior Counsel
\n           to assist the Special Public Prosecutor will not be
\n           entertained when the appointment is made under
\n           Section 24(8) of Criminal Procedure Code.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The guidelines do not provide that consent or<\/p>\n
opinion of the Director General of Prosecutions is<\/p>\n
mandatory       for      appointing         a     Special       Public<\/p>\n
Prosecutor. Therefore, for the reason that consent<\/p>\n
or opinion of the Director General of Prosecutions<\/p>\n
was not sought for or granted before appointing<\/p>\n
Sri.K.P.Rajeevan as Special Public Prosecutor, his<\/p>\n
appointment could not have been cancelled. If the<\/p>\n
grievance is that in the counter case no Special<\/p>\n
Public prosecutor is appointed and at the same time<\/p>\n
a Special Public Prosecutor is conducting the main<\/p>\n
case, the better course should have been to appoint<\/p>\n
a Special Public Prosecutor in the counter case<\/p>\n
also.      The      unilateral          cancellation          of   the<\/p>\n
appointment of Sri.K.P.Rajeevan, without any valid<\/p>\n
reason, is arbitrary and illegal. It can only be<\/p>\n
quashed.\n<\/p>\n
WPC 16197\/08             7<\/span><\/p>\n
     Petition    is allowed.   Exhibit   P4  order,<\/p>\n
cancelling the appointment of Sri.K.P.Rajeevan as<\/p>\n
Special     Public  Prosecutor   to   conduct    the<\/p>\n
prosecution in S.C.No.357\/2004 on the file of I<\/p>\n
Additional Sessions Court, Ernakaulam, is quashed.<\/p>\n
It   is    declared that  Sri.K.P.Rajeevan  has   to<\/p>\n
continue as Special Public Prosecutor in S.C.No.<\/p>\n
357\/2004 on the file of Additional Sessions Court,<\/p>\n
Ernakulam. Additional Sessions Judge is directed to<\/p>\n
dispose the case expeditiously.\n<\/p>\n
17th September, 2010   (M.Sasidharan Nambiar, Judge)
\ntkv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court N.N.Shibu vs State Of Kerala on 17 September, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 16197 of 2008(C) 1. N.N.SHIBU,S\/O.NARAYANAN. … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.PIRAPPANCODE V.S.SUDHIR For Respondent :GOVERNMENT PLEADER The Hon’ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR Dated :17\/09\/2010 O R D […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nN.N.Shibu vs State Of Kerala on 17 September, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/n-n-shibu-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-september-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N.N.Shibu vs State Of Kerala on 17 September, 2010 - 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