IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 10TH NOVEMBER 2006 / 19TH KARTHIKA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6629 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.3890/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,HOSDRUG CRIME NO.44/2006 OF EXCISE RANGE, HOSDURG .................... : PETITIONER/ACCUSED. ------------------------------------ P.P.KRISHNAN, S/O.PUTHIYAPARAYIL KUTTAN, AGED 53 YEARS, THODUPANAM DESOM, PALLUR VILLAGE, HOSDURG TALUK, KASARAGOD DISTRICT, IN CUSTODY. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.HARISH RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT AND STATE. ----------------------------------- 1. STATE. REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, CRIME NO. 44/2006 OF HOSDURG EXCISE RANGE, HOSDURG, KASARAGOD DISTRICT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR JAI GEORGE THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/11/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. ------------------- B.A. 6629/2006 -------------------- DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 27.10.2006 with ten litres of illicit arrack, by the Inspector of Hosdurg Excise Range, who registered C.R.No.44/2006 of that Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Section 55 (a) of the Abkari Act. The petitioner remains in judicial custody. Hence this application, under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After hearing both sides and considering the materials that are placed before me, 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, Hosdurg. B.A.6629/2006 2 (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 two months, starting from 15.11.2006. The application is allowed as above. Hand over the order. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs