IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES THURSDAY, THE 31ST AUGUST 2006 / 9TH BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5368 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.7020/2006 of J.M.F.C.,MAVELIKKARA CRIME NO.237/2006 OF NOORANADU POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED (IN CUSTODY) ------------------------------------------------ MURALI, S/O.SIVARAMAPILLAI, ARYA BHAVAN, ULAVUKADU MURI, PALAMEL VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.S.SHANAVAS KHAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5368/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 31ST DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner is in judicial custody from 7.8.2006, as he was found in illegal possession of 18 liters of illicit arrack, by the Nooranadu Police Station authorities, who registered crime No.237/2006 of that police station, for the offence punishable under Section 8 (1) & (2) as well as 55(a)(i) 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, Mavelikkara. B.A.5368/2006 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 four months, starting from 8.9.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs