IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES TUESDAY, THE 29TH AUGUST 2006 / 7TH BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5242 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.4571/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,PATHANAMTHITTA CRIME NO. 24/2006 OF PATHANAMTHITTA EXCISE RANGE .................... PETIITONER --------------------------- VASUDEVAN, AGED 55 YEARS, S/O.KUTTY, SUNIL NIVAS, PANNIKKUZHY, CHENNERKKARA VILLAGE, KOZHENCHERRY TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.PHILIP M.VARUGHESE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. EXCISE INSPECTOR, PATHANAMTHITTA RANGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5242/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 22.7.2006, by the Inspector of Excise Range, Pathanamthitta, as he was found in illegal possession of 75 liters of wash and five liters of arrack. He remains in judicial custody in C.R.No.24/2006 of Pathanamthitta Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Sections 8(1) & (2) as well as 55 (g) of the Abkari Act. Hence this application, under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After hearing both sides and considering the materials on record, 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, Pathanamthitta. B.A.5242/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week, on every Saturday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of three months, starting from 2.9.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs