IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES THURSDAY, THE 19TH OCTOBER 2006 / 27TH ASWINA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6051 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.2004/2006 of J.M.F.C.-II, CHENGANNUR CRIME NO.83/2006 OF CHENGANNUR EXCISE RANGE .................... PETITIONER/2ND ACCUSED --------------------------------------- SRI.INDRAN, S/O.DAMODARAN, AGED 39 YEARS, VILANGEZHATHU VEEDU, PANDANDU KIZHAKKUM MURI, PANDNADU VILLAGE, CHENGANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.S.HARIKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, CHENGANNUR. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/10/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 6051/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner is the second accused, in C.R.No.83/2006 of Chengannur Excise Range. He was arrested on 12.9.2006 for the offence punishable under Sections 8(1) & (2), 55(a) and 64A of the Abkari Act, for the accused, two in number, were found in possession of ten litres of illicit arrack and five litres of spirit. The petitioner remains in judicial custody. Hence this application. 2. Considering the submissions made by either side and the completion of the investigation and the facts, as revealed before me through the C.D file, 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, B.A.6051/2006 2 each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class- II, Chengannur. (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Wednesday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of four months, starting from 25.10.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs