IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2006 / 10TH BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5403 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.12158/2006 of J.M.F.C.,KARUNAGAPPALLY CRIME NO.159/2006 OF KARUNAGAPPALLY EXCISE RANGE .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED ------------------------------------ AJAYAKUMAR, S/O. SANKARAN, THAMARASSERIYIL, KOTTAKKAPPURAM MURI, KULASEKHARAPURAM VILLAGE, KARUNAGAPPALLY, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.RAJENDRAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------- STATE OF KERALA - REPRESENTED BY EXCISE INSPECTOR, KARUNAGAPPALLY EXCISE RANGE THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/09/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5403/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 18.8.2006, with four liters of illicit arrack, by the Inspector of Karunagappally Excise Range, who registered C.R.No.159/2006 of that Excise Range, under Section 8(1) & (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 materials on record, 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, Karunagappally. B.A.5403/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week on every Tuesday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of three months, starting from 12.9.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs