IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 10TH APRIL 2007 / 20TH CHAITHRA 1929 Bail Appl..No. 2144 of 2007() ----------------------------- CRMP.1199/2007 of J.M.F.C.,THIRUVALLA CRIME NO.66/2007 OF PULIKEEZHU POLICE STATION .................... : PETITIONER/ACCUSED. ------------------------------------ SURESH KUMAR, AGED 34 YEARS, S/O.SUKUMARAN, UPPUKKERIL VEEDU, NIRANAM KIZHAKKUMBHAGOM MURI, KADAPRA VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR SRI. T.P.PRADEEP RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT. ------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------- Bail Application No. 2144/2007 ----------------------------- Dated this 10th day of April, 2007 O R D E R In this Petition filed under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C., the petitioner, who is the accused in Crime No.66 of 2007 of Pulikeezhu Police Station for an offence punishable under Section 8(2) of the Abkari Act for having been found in possession of 9.600 liters of illicit arrack, seeks his enlargement on bail. Petitioner was arrested on 11.3.2007. 2. I heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor. 3. Having regard to the nature of the offences and the other circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail 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, Thiruvalla and subject to the following conditions: (a). Petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on all Wednesdays. B.A.2144/2007 2 (b). The petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation as and when required by the police. (c). The petitioner shall not influence or intimidate the prosecution witnesses nor shall he attempt to tamper with the evidence for the prosecution. (d). The petitioner shall not commit any offence while on bail. 4. If the petitioner commits breach of any of the above conditions, the bail granted to him shall be liable to be cancelled. The application is allowed as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE mrcs B.A.2144/2007 3