IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH AUGUST 2006 / 25TH SRAVANA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 4333 of 2006 ----------------------------- CRIME NO. 155/2006 OF EXCISE RANGE, MAVELIKKARA PETITIONER/ACCUSED ------------------------------------ SURESH, S/O. RADHAKRISHNAN, PANAYIL VADACKETHIL (CHANDU NIVAS), IRAVANKARA MURI, THAZHAKKARA, MAVELIKKARA. BY ADV. SRI.C.T.RAVIKUMAR SRI.SAIRA RAVIKUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 4333/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested with five liters of spirit on 16.6.2006, by the Inspector of Excise Range, Mavelikkara. C.R.No.155/2006 of that Excise Range was registered against him, under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act. The petitioner remains in judicial custody. Hence this application, under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. Considering the duration of the judicial detention and the stage of the investigation, 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 fore the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Mavelikkara. B.A.4333/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Tuesday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of three months, starting from 22.8.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs