IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES THURSDAY, THE 2ND NOVEMBER 2006 / 11TH KARTHIKA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6284 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.3496/2006 of J.M.F.C.,NADAPURAM CRIME NO.436/2006 OF NADAPURAM POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED ------------------------------------ AJU, S/O. BALAN, VALIYA PARAMBATH HOUSE, PALERI. BY ADV. SRI.P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & STATE --------------------------------- 1. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, NADAPURAM POLICE STATION, NADAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR .N. SUKUMARAN THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/11/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. ------------------- B.A. 6284/2006 -------------------- DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 3.10.2006 with 20 litres of Indian made foreign liquor, by the Inspector of Nadapuram Police Station, who registered crime No.436/2006 of that Police Station, for the offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act as well as under Rule 9 of Foreign Liquor Rules. The petitioner remains in judicial custody. Hence this application. 2. After hearing both sides and considering the stage of the investigation and duration of the judicial detention, 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, Nadapuram. B.A.6284/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Monday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of two months, starting from 6.11.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs