IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 2006 / 31ST BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5707 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.7156/2006 of J.M.F.C.,MAVELIKKARA CRIME NO.202/2006 OF NOORANAD POLICE STATION .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- JOHN GEORGE, MANNAMKARA KIZHACKETHIL, PONAKAM MURI, THEKKEKKARA VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.NOEL JOSEPH RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT/STATE ------------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K. RAVIKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/09/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5707/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner is the third accused, in crime No.202/2006 of Nooranad Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 8(1) & (2) and 55(a) of the Abkari Act. 900 liters of spirit had been transported in a Tata sumo car, owned by the petitioner, on 15.6.2006. The petitioner was arrested on 29.7.2006. He is in judicial custody, from that day onwards. Accused 1 and 2, the driver and occupier of the car, at the time of the seizure of the contraband on 15.6.2006, were released on bail, as per the order dated 12.9.2006 in B.A.No.5429/2006. 2. Considering the facts that are involved in this case, together with the stage of the investigation, I grant bail and release the petitioner from jail, subject to the following conditions:- (a). The petitioner shall execute a bond B.A.5707/2006 2 for Rs.25,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Mavelikkara. (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week, on every Friday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m., for a period of two months, starting from 29.9.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs