IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 26TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 7TH PHALGUNA 1930 Bail Appl..No. 886 of 2009() ---------------------------- CRIME NO.43/09 OF KAYAMKULAM POLICE STATION CMP.1157/2009 of J.M.F.C., KAYAMKULAM .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED -------------------------------------- DEVU,AGED 21 YEARS,S/O.DEVADAS, PANATHAYYATHU VEEDU, NORTH SIDE OF OACHIRA TEMPLE THEKKUKOCHUMURI, KRISHNAPURAM VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.VINCENT JOSEPH SRI.ANIL R.NATH SRI.A.V.CHARLES RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAYAMKULAM POLICE STATION, THROUGH BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 26/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =============================== Bail Application No.886 of 2009 =============================== DATED: 26.02.2009 O R D E R In this Petition filed under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C. the petitioner who is the 4th accused in Crime No. 43 of 2009 of Kayamkulam Police Station for offences punishable under Section 55(b) of the Abkari Act for having been found in possession of 6.75 liters of IMFL seeks his enlargement on bail. Petitioner was arrested on 9.2.09. 2. I heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. Having regard to the nature of the offences, the duration of judicial custody undergone by the petitioner and the other circumstances of the case etc., I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail w.e.f. 7.3.09 on his executing a bond for Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the J.F.C.M.,Kayamkulam and subject to the following conditions: B.A.No.886/09 -:2:- 1. The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Wednesdays. 2. The petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation, including custodial interrogation as and when required by the police till the filing of the final report. 3. The petitioner shall not influence or intimidate the prosecution witnesses nor shall he attempt to tamper with the evidence for the prosecution. 4. The petitioner shall not commit any offence while on bail. If the petitioner commits breach of any of the above conditions, the bail granted to him shall be liable to be cancelled. This application is allowed as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj B.A.No.886/09 -:3:-