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. 4035 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP..7204/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,KOTTARAKKARA (CRIME NO.109/2006 OF EXCISE RANGE, KOTTARAKKARA) .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ UDAYAKUMAR, S/O. GOPI, AGED 30, ANIL BHAVANAM HOUSE, KAITHACODE MURI, PAVITHRESWARAM VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA. BY ADV. SRI.M.K.CHANDRA MOHANDAS RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KOTTARAKKARA. 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.4035/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF JULY, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner is in judicial custody from 17.6.2006, as he was arrested on the same day, with twenty liters of arrack, by the Excise Range Inspector, Kottarakkara, who registered C.R.No.109/2006, under Section 8(1) and 8(2) of the Abkari Act. The petitioner is not an accused in any other offence, submits the prosecution. The investigation is nearly completed. In the facts and circumstances of this case, 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-I, Kottarakkara. B.A.4035/2006 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 21.7.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs