IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES MONDAY, THE 17TH JULY 2006 / 26TH ASHADHA,1928 Bail Appl..No. 4257 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.4857/2006 of J.M.F.C.-II,KOTTARAKKARA (CRIME NO.288/2006 OF KADAKKAL POLICE STATION) .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ MANJU MOHANAN, S/O. GOPALAN, AGED 34, MATHIRAMURI, MAMKODE VILLAGE, KADAKKAL P.O. BY ADV. SRI.M.K.CHANDRA MOHANDAS SRI.K.P.PRATHEEP ROY RESPONDENTS: STATE: ------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KADAKKAL. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/07/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A.4257/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF JULY, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 11.6.2006, with five liters of illicit arrack, by the Kadakkal Police Station authorities, who registered crime No.288/2006 of that police station, under Section 8(1) & and 8(2) of the Abkari Act. The petitioner remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence this application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After hearing both sides and considering that there is no other case registered against the petitioner, except that he is a regular vendor of illicit arrack in the locality, 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, Kottarakkara. B.A.4257/2006 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 three months, starting from 21.7.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs