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. 6557 of 2006() ----------------------------- CMP.11329/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,KOTTARAKKARA C.R.NO.194/2006 OF KOTTARAKKARA EXCISE RANGE. .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: -------------- ANILKUMAR, S/O.GANGADHARAN, SINDHU BHAVANATHIL, VENMANOOR MURI, NEDUVATHOOR VILLAGE, KOTTARAKARA, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.B.MOHANLAL RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT: ------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, KOTTARAKARA EXCISE RANGE, KOLLAM DISTRICT THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. 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. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 6557 of 2006 ------------------------------- Dated this the 10th November, 2006. O R D E R Petitioner was arrested on 17.10.2006 with 12.5 litres of arrack by the Inspector of Kottarakara Excise Range, who registered C.R.No.194/2006 of that excise range, for the offence punishable under Section 8(1) & (2) of the Abkari Act. Petitioner remains in judicial custody thereafter. 2. Heard both sides. Considering the facts on record, I allow this application, grant bail to the petitioner, and release him from jail, subject to the following conditions:- i) The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/= (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Kottarakara. ii) The petitioner shall report before the Inspector of Kottarakara Excise Range, once in a week, on every Thursday, between 10 and 11 A.M., starting from 16.11.2006, for a period of two months. J.M. JAMES, JUDGE nj.