IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES TUESDAY, THE 7TH NOVEMBER 2006 / 16TH KARTHIKA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6366 of 2006() ----------------------------- C.R.No.16/2006 OF KAZHAKUTTOM EXCISE RANGE. .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED (IN CUSTODY) -------------- BABY, AGED 54 YEARS, D/O. SUSEELA, VINEETHA BHAVAN, GANDHIPURAM, ULIYAZHATHURA, POWDIKONAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.D.AJITHKUMAR RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.N.SUKUMARAN. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/11/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M. JAMES, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 6366 of 2006 ------------------------------- Dated this the 7th November, 2006. O R D E R The petitioner was arrested with two litres of coloured illicit arrack on 7.9.2006, by the Inspector of Excise Range Kazhakuttam, who registered C.R.No.16 of 2006 of that Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Section 8(1) and (2) of the Abkari Act. The petitioner was arrested on the same day, and she remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence, this application for bail. 2. Heard both sides. As the investigation is complete, I allow this application, grant bail to the petitioner, and release her from jail, on she 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, Thiruvananthapuram. J.M. JAMES, JUDGE nj.