IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN TUESDAY, THE 30TH MARCH 2010 / 9TH CHAITHRA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 1884 of 2010() --------------------------------- CMP.1550/2010 of J.M.F.C.-II,ATTINGAL CRIME NO. 9/2010 0F KAZHAKUTTOM EXCISE RANGE .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ----------------------------- RATHI, D/O.SAROJINI, PANAYILKADA VEEDU VAIKALATH MURI, ATTIPRA VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.G.SUDHEER RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENMTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY SRI. I.V.PRAMOD PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 30/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T. SANKARAN, J. --------------------------- B.A. No. 1884 of 2010 ------------------------------------ Dated this the 30th day of March, 2010 O R D E R This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in Crime No. 9/2010 of Kazhakuttom Excise Range. 2. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 8(1)(2) of the Abkari Act. 3. The prosecution case is that on 16/2/2010, the petitioner was found in possession of 5 litres of arrack. The petitioner was arrested on the same date. The petitioner is in judicial custody since 16/2/2010. 4. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner is involved in eleven other cases of similar nature, including cases registered in 2009 and 2010. It is also pointed out that even after bail was granted to the petitioner in some other cases, she was indulging in similar criminal activities. 5. In view of the fact that the petitioner is involved in eleven other cases of similar nature, I am not inclined to grant B.A. No. 1884/2010 2 bail to the petitioner at present, in spite of the fact that the petitioner is a woman aged 56 years. The Bail Application is accordingly dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to move for bail after two weeks. K.T. SANKARAN, JUDGE scm