Kochi : The Kerala High Court has further stayed the release of Italian vessel Enrica Lexie till Tuesday even as a court in Kollam extended for 14 days the judicial remand of the ship’s two marines.

The marines were charged with gunning down two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on 15^th February.

In the high Court on Monday, acting Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice V Chidambaresh observed that petitioner Dolphin Tankers, owner of the vessel, ought to have approached the magistrate court for the ship’s release.

The bench orally observed, “We cannot block the jurisdiction of magistrate court and deviate from procedure. Criminal Procedure Code is applicable in this case also. Procedure cannot be changed in the reason that there is involvement of huge money. We cannot unsettle a settled procedure.”

The court adjourned the case to Tuesday for further hearing on the request of petitioners.

Meanwhile, the remand of marines Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone has been extended by another 14 days.

They were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate A K Gopakumar after being brought from the central prison in the state capital where they are lodged.

The naval guards were arrested on 19^th February and charged with murder of fishermen Valentine Jalastine and Ajesh Binki, who had put out to sea from Neendakara in Kollam.