IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 11TH AUGUST 2006 / 20TH SRAVANA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 4749 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.7896/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,KOTTARAKKARA CRIME NO.133/2006 OF EXCISE RANGE, KOTTARAKKARA .................... PETITIONERS/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------- KRISHNAKUMAR, S/O. BHASKARAN, THUNDUVILA PUTHENVEEDU, CHITTACODE MURI, EZHUKON VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA. BY ADV. SRI.D.JAYACHANDRAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANTS: -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/08/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 4749/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 13.7.2006, with ten liters of illicit arrack, by the Inspector of Excise Range, Kottarakkara, who registered C.R.No.133/2006 of that Excise Range, under Section 8(1) & 8(2) of the Abkari Act. He remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence this application, under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After hearing both sides and considering the submissions made by either side, 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 for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-I, Kottarakkara. B.A.4749/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Thursday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of two months, starting from 17.8.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs