IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN TUESDAY, THE 19TH MAY 2009 / 29TH VAISAKHA 1931 Bail Appl..No. 2636 of 2009(F) ----------------------------------------- (CR.NO.82/2008 OF AMRAVILA EXCISE RANGE) .......... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ---------------------------------- SANTHA,D/O.CHELLAMMA, AGED 47 YEARS,KANNIMATHATTU PUTHEN VEEDU, ARAYOOR DESOM,CHENKAL VILLAGE, NEYYATTINKARA TALUK. BY ADV. MR.G.P.SHINOD. RESPONDENT/ COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AT THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT. K. MEERA. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/05/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. P.S.GOPINATHAN, J. ====================================== B.A.No.2636 of 2009 ====================================== Dated this the 19th day of May 2009 ORDER The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.82 of 2008 of Amravila Excise Range. The petitioner was found in possession of 5 litres of arrack on 8.11.2008. The petitioner was arrested on 23.4.2009. When the petitioner was produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate II, Neyyattinkara, she was remanded to judicial custody. Her application for bail was dismissed for the reason that the offence alleged is of grave nature. Now this petition. 2. When this petition came up for hearing, the learned Public Prosecutor submitted that taking into account of the period of incarceration she has already undergone and the charge sheet has already been filed, bail may be granted on conditions. 3. In the result, this petition is allowed and it is ordered that the petitioner shall be released on bail on executing a bond for Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate II, Neyyattinkara. P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE css/