IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES THURSDAY, THE 24TH AUGUST 2006 / 2ND BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5179 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.2612/2006 of J.M.F.C.-II,HOSDRUG CRIME NO. 305/2006 OF BEKAL POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.3 ----------------------------------------- P.N.GOPALAN, S/O. NARAYANAN, AGE 33 YRS, CHANTHANKAI VEEDU, CHEMBARIKKA, KALANAD VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.SURESH KUMAR KODOTH RESPONDENTS: STATE ------------------- STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BEKAL POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5179/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested with five liters of illicit arrack, on 4.8.2006, by the Bekal Police Station authorities, who registered crime No.305/2006 of that police station, under section 55(a) of the Abkari Act. He is in judicial custody, from 5.8.2006. Hence this application, under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After hearing both sides and considering the duration of the judicial detention and the stage of the investigation, I grant bail and release the petitioner from jail, subject to the following conditions:- (a). The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-II, Hosdurg. B.A.5179/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Thursday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of two months, starting from 31.8.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs