IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN MONDAY, THE 24TH DECEMBER 2007 / 3RD POUSHA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 8005 of 2007(P) ------------------------------ CMP.6309/2007 of J.M.F.C.,KASARAGOD (CRIME NO.54/2007 OF KUMBALA EXCISE RANGE) .................... : PETITIONER/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- PUSHPAVATHY,W/O. NARAYANA GATTI, KOYIPPADI VILLAGE, KUMBALA KUNDANKARAYADDUKKA KUMBALA PANCHAYATH, KASARGOD. BY ADV. SRI.K.M.FIROZ SRI.JACOB E SIMON RESPONDENT: STATE ------------------ THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE KUMBALA EXCISE RANGE INSPECTOR KUMBLA EXCISE RANGE, KUMBALA, KASARGOD, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.AMJAD ALI THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/12/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. K.MOHANAN, J. ************************* BAIL APPLICATION NO. 8005 OF 2007 ************************* Dated this the 24th day of December, 2007. O R D E R Petitioner, who is the accused in Crime No. 54 of 2007 of Kumbala Excise Range for an offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act, seeks her enlargement on bail. She was arrested on 13-12-2007 2. I heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. Having regard to the nature of the offences, the duration of judicial custody of the petitioner and the other circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner shall be released on bail on her executing a bond for Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kasaragod and subject to the following conditions:- i) Petitioner shall not influence or intimidate the prosecution witnesses nor shall she attempt to tamper with the evidence for the prosecution. ii) The petitioner shall make herself available for interrogation as and when required by the police till the filing of the final report. iii) Petitioner shall not commit any offence while on bail. BA 8005/07 2 4. If the petitioner commits breach of any of the above conditions, the bail granted to her shall be liable to be cancelled. This application is allowed as above. V. K.Mohanan, Judge. mn