IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES THURSDAY, THE 12TH OCTOBER 2006 / 20TH ASWINA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6039 of 2006() ----------------------------- CMP.7549/2006 of J.M.F.C.-I,NEDUMANGAD CRIME NO.88/2006 OF NEDUMANGAD EXCISE RANGE. .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED --------------------- ANEESH, S/O.KRISHNANKUTTY, HOUSING BOARD COLONY NO.170, VISHNU NAGAR, KOTTAKKAKAM MURI, ARYANAD VILLAGE, NEDUMANGAD TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN SRI.SAIJO HASSAN SRI.SABU SREEDHARAN RESPONDENTS: STATE -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAI GEORGE. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/10/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M. JAMES, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 6039 of 2006 ------------------------------- Dated this the 12th October, 2006. O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 12.9.2006 with 10 litres of illicit arrack, by the Nedumangad Excise Range officials, who registered C.R.No.88/2006 of that Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Section 8 (1) & (2) of the Abkari Act. Petitioner remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence, this application for bail. 2. After hearing both sides, and considering that there is no other case registered against the petitioner under the Abkari Act, I allow this application, grant bail to the petitioner, and release him from jail, on he executing a bond for Rs.25,000/= (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Nedumangad. 3. The petitioner shall report before the Inspector of Nedumangad Excise Range, once in a week, on every Wednesday, between 10 and 11 A.M., starting from 18.10.2006, for a period of two months. J.M. JAMES, JUDGE nj.