IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN FRIDAY, THE 16TH APRIL 2010 / 26TH CHAITHRA 1932 Bail Appl..No. 2060 of 2010() --------------------------------------- CMP.1746/2010 of J.M.F.C.-I,NEYYATINKARA CRIME NO.311/2010 OF NEYYATTINKARA POLICE STATION. .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED ---------------------- SHYJU, S/O. SUKUMARAN, SREEJITH BHAVAN, RAJEEV NAGER, ANACODE MURY, VEERANACAVU VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.T.A.UNNIKRISHNAN SRI.K.SATHEESH KUMAR RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.J.MOHAMMED ANSAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/04/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: tss V.K. MOHANAN, J. ---------------------------------------- Bail Application No. 2060 of 2010 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of April, 2010 O R D E R This is an application for regular bail filed by the petitioner, who is accused in Crime No. 311/2010 of Neyyattinkara Police Station, in which offences under Sections 55(a) and (h) of the Kerala Abkari Act are involved. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that, on 4.3.2010 at about 10.30 a.m. accused drove a Maruti car bearing Regn.No.KL-01-U-2841 through Mambazhakkara- Keeliyode road by keeping 525 ltrs. of spirit in 15 white cans (each having capacity of 35 ltrs.) and at Keeliyode junction, the Circle Inspector of Police wanted to stop the bus, the accused without obey the signal, move forward and then the vehicle stopped at Kallamam-Paruthipally road. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned Public Prosecutor. 5. The petitioner is arrested only on 5.3.2010. The B.A.No. 2060 of 2010 -:2:- investigation in this case is in progress. Considering the nature of the offences involved in the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage, especially since the release of the petitioner at this stage is likely to affect the investigation adversely and there is no guarantee that he would not influence the witnesses and interfere with the investigation. In the result, there is no merit in the petition for bail and accordingly, the same is dismissed. V.K.MOHANAN, JUDGE ami/