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. 6123 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.6304/2006 of J.M.F.C., KAYAMKULAM CRIME NO.217/2006 OF EXCISE RANGE, MAVELIKKARA .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- MOHANAN PILLAI, AGED 45, S/O.PARAMESWARAN PILLAI, ILLATHU THEKKATHIL, VETTIKOTTU MURI, KOTTAYAM VILLAGE, MAVELIKKARA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.C.SUNIL KUMAR RESPONDENTS: STATE AND COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, MAVELIKKARA RANGE, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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. ------------------- B.A. 6123/2006 -------------------- DATED THIS THE 30TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 1.10.2006 with 14.250 litres of Indian made foreign liquor, by the Inspector of Excise Range, Mavelikkara, who registered C.R.No.217/2006 of that Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act. The petitioner remains in judicial custody, thereafter. Hence this application. 2. After hearing both sides and considering the facts that are placed before me, 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, Kayamkulam. B.A.6123/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Friday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of two months, starting from 3.11.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs