IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN THURSDAY, THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 7TH ASWINA 1933 Bail Appl..No. 7831 of 2011() ----------------------------- (CRIME No.64/2011 OF KASARAGODE EXCISE RANGE) PETITIONER/ACCUSED -------------------------------------- FRANCIS TELIS, S/O.JADIN TELIS, AGED 48 YEARS, MITTU GUDDE DHESAM, MITTU GUDDE, KOLIYUR VILLAGE, KASARAGODE TALUK AND DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.T.G.RAJENDRAN RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT/STATE ---------------------- 1. THE EXCISE RANGE OFFICER, KASARAGODE EXCISE RANGE-671121. 2. STATE REP; BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. R1 & R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. TEK CHAND THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 29/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: AMG K.T.SANKARAN, J. --------------------------------------------- Bail Appln.No.7831 of 2011 ---------------------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of September, 2011 ORDER This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in C.R.No.64 of 2011 of Kasaragod Excise Range. 2. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act. 3. The prosecution case is that on 09/09/211, the petitioner was found transporting 2256 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor, each bottle containing 180 ml. The Indian Made Foreign Liquor was intended for sale only in Karnataka State. 4. The petitioner was arrested on 09/09/2011 and he was remanded to judicial custody. 5. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner is involved in seven other abkari cases. 6. The offence alleged against the petitioner is grave in nature. He is involved in several other abkari offences. Large quantity of Indian Made Foreign Liquor was seized. In Bail Appln.No.7831/2011 : 2 : the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The Bail Application is accordingly dismissed. K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE skj