IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 30TH NOVEMBER 2006 / 9TH AGRAHAYANA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 7005 of 2006() ----------------------------- Crime No.196/99 of Ranni Police Station -------------------------- PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ SATYAN, S/O.KUNJUKUNJU, AGED 40 YEARS, RESIDING AT `VADAKKEDATHU VEETTIL' BLOCKUMPADI, THOTTAMON, RANNI. BY ADV. SRI.S.MUHAMMED HANEEFF RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT: ------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, RANNI POLICE STATION (CRIME NO.196 OF 1999), REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SHRI. JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/11/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ======================== B.A.No.7005 of 2006 ======================== Dated this the 30th day of November, 2006. ORDER Petitioner, who is the sole accused in Crime No.196 of 1999 of Ranni Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 8(1) and 8(2) Abkari Act for allegedly having been found in possession of 26 packets of illicit arrack each packet containing 100 ml. on 5.7.1999, seeks bail. He had been absconding and the case against him was split up and transferred to the long pending register where it is numbered as L.P.No.30 of 2006 before the J.F.C.M.,Ranni. The petitioner surrendered before the Magistrate Court on 16.11.2006 and filed an application for bail, which was dismissed on 17.11.2006. Hence, this application. 2. Due to the abscondence of the petitioner, the case still remains to be C.P.No.106 of 2006 before the J.F.C.M., Ranni. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner has been abroad in search of employment and it was after returning from BA 7005/06 -: 2 :- abroad that he surrendered before the committal court. Considering this aspect of the matter, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner subject to certain conditions. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his executing a bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the J.F.C.M., Ranni and subject to such conditions as the Magistrate may impose including a condition to surrender his passport before the committal court and also a condition that the petitioner will appear before the committal court as well as the trial court on all the dates of posting of the case. This application is allowed as above. V.Ramkumar, Judge. ess 30/11