IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH OCTOBER 2006 / 12TH ASWINA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5917 of 2006(S) ------------------------------ CMP.4079/2006 of J.M.F.C.,RANNI CRIME NO. 121/2006 OF CHITTAR POLICE STATION .................... APPELLANT/ACCUSED ---------------------------------- 1. SAJI, S/O.MATHEW, AGED 30 YEARS, MEPURATHU HOUSE, SEETHAKUZHY, CHITTAR. 2. GEORGE THOMAS @ SHIBU, AGED 30 YEARS, S/O.GEORGEKUTTY, PUTHENPARAMBIL. 3. SANTHOSH @ BINU P.THOMAS, AGED 19 YEARS, S/O.THOMAS ABRAHAM, PUTHUPARAMBIL, DO. BY ADV. SRI.S.SANTOSH KUMAR (PERUNAD) RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/10/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5917/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioners were arrested on 1.9.2006 at 6.00 p.m, while transporting 44 liters of illicit arrack in an autorikshaw bearing registration No.KL-3/N-7874 and the contraband was seized. Chittar Police registered crime No.121/2006, for the offence punishable under Section 8(1) & (2) of the Abkari Act. They remain in judicial custody. Hence this application, under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After considering the completion of the investigation and other materials that are placed before me, I grant bail and release the petitioners from jail, subject to the following conditions:- (a). Each petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the B.A.5917/2006 2 satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranny. (b). The petitioners 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 four months, starting from 9.10.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs