IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD MAY 2007 / 2ND JYAISHTA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 2735 of 2007() ----------------------------- CRIME NO.30/2007 OF THIRUVALLA EXCISE RANGE : PETITIONER/ACCUSED NOS. 1 TO 3 ----------------------------------------------- 1. RADHAKRISHNAN, S/O.NANU, VALANPARAMBIL VEEDU, THURUTHIKAD MURI, KALLUPPARA VILLAGE, MALLAPPALLY TALUK. 2. RAJAN, S/O.DHAMODHARAN, KANJIRATHINKAL VEEDU, PUTHUR MURI, PEECHI VILLAGE, THRISSUR TALUK. 3. SEEJAN, S/O.NARAYANAN, ANCHUPURACKAL VEEDU, MARAMON MURI, THOTTAPPUZHASSERRY VILLAGE, THIRUVALLA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.LIJI.J.VADAKEDOM RESPONDENTS: STATE ------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------- Bail Application No. 2735/2007 ----------------------------- Dated this 23rd day of May, 2007 O R D E R In this Petition filed under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C. the petitioners who are accused Nos. 1 to 3 in Crime No.30/2007 of Thiruvalla Excise Range for offences punishable under Secs.8 (1) and 55(a) of the Abkari Act for having been found in possession of 18 litres of arrack, seek their enlargement on bail. Petitioners were arrested on 23.4.2007. 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 petitioners and the other circumstances of the case etc., I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioners but from a future date. Accordingly, the petitioners are directed to be released on bail with effect from 28.5.2007, on each of them 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 J.F.C.M, Thiruvalla and subject to the following conditions: B.A.2735/2007 2 (a). Petitioners shall report before the Investigating Officer between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Wednesdays. (b). The petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation as and when required by the police. (c). The petitioners shall not influence or intimidate the prosecution witnesses nor shall they attempt to tamper with the evidence for the prosecution. (d). The petitioners shall not commit any offence while on bail. 4. If the petitioners commit breach of any of the above conditions, the bail granted to them shall be liable to be cancelled. The application is allowed as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE mrcs B.A.2735/2007 3