IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES MONDAY, THE 30TH OCTOBER 2006 / 8TH KARTHIKA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6421 of 2006() ----------------------------- CMP.6911/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,PATHANAMTHITTA C.R.No.40/2006 OF PATHANAMTHITTA EXCISE RANGE. .................... PETITIONER/IST ACCUSED -------------- RADHAKRISHNAN, S/O.KUNJUPANICKAR, AGED 44, KARIVELIL HOUSE, ROZAPUKANDAM, KUMALI, PEERUMEDU. BY ADV. SRI.VIKANTH K.PUTHUMANA RESPONDENTS: ----------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAI GEORGE. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/10/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M. JAMES, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 6421 of 2006 ------------------------------- Dated this the 30th October, 2006. O R D E R The petitioner, first accused, was arrested on 11.10.2006 with 4.5 litres of illicit arrack, by the Pathanamthitta Excise Range officials, who registered C.R.No.40/2006 of that Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Section 8(1) & (2) of the Abkari Act. Petitioner remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence, this application for bail. 2. Considering the submissions made by either side, I allow this application, grant bail to the petitioner, and release him from jail, on he executing a bond for Rs.25,000/= (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Pathanamthitta. 3. The petitioner shall report before the Inspector of Pathanamthitta Excise Range, once in a week, on every Friday, between 10 and 11 A.M., starting from 3.11.2006, for a period of two months. J.M. JAMES, JUDGE nj.