IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 14TH DECEMBER 2006 / 23RD AGRAHAYANA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 7408 of 2006() ----------------------------- CMP.4552/2006 of J.F.C.M..-III,NEYYATTINKARA Crime No.56/06 of Thiruvananthapuram Excise Range .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ SUGATHAN, S/O.MRITHUNJAYA PANICKER, ALUVILA VEEDU, KATTACHALKUZHI, VENGANOOR DESOM, VENGANOOR VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.S.D.ASOKAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANTS: -------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM EXCISE RANGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SHRI. P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/12/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. Ramkumar, J. ================ B.A.No.7408 of 2006 ======================== Dated this the 14th day of December, 2006. ORDER Petitioner, who is the accused in Crime no.56 of 2006 of Thiruvananthapuram Excise Range for offences punishable under Section 8(1) and (2) of the Abkari Act for allegedly having been found in possession of one liter of arrack on 24.11.2006 and who was arrested on the same day, seeks his enlargement on bail. 2. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the application submitting inter alia that the petitioner is an accused in three other crimes involving similar offences. 3. I am not satisfied that both the grounds enumerated under Clause (b)(ii) of Sec. 41 A of the Abkari Act are present in this case so as to justify the release of the petitioners on bail. This Application is accordingly dismissed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. ess 14/12