IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.R.UDAYABHANU MONDAY, THE 28TH MAY 2007 / 7TH JYAISHTA 1929 CRL.A.No. 841 of 2007() ----------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 17/10/2005 IN MC. 24 /2005 IN SC.398/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC-I), TRIVANDRUM .................... APPELLANT: ----------- 1. VIJAYAN, S/O.NARAYANAN, MARUTHIMALA, THADATHARIKATHU VEEDU, PANGODE VILLAGE, BHARATHANNOOR DESOM. 2. BABY, D/O.NARAYANAN, PARUTHIKUZHY THEKKEKARA VEEDU, UZHAMALACKAL VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.G.P.SHINOD SRI.RAM MOHAN.G. SRI.MANU V. RESPONDENTS: ------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AT THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY P.P. SRI AMJAD ALI. THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.R.UDAYABHANU, J. -------------------------------------- CRL.A.NO. 841 of 2007 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 28th day of May, 2007 ORDER Appellants are the sureties to the Ist counter petitioner in M.C.24/2005 who is the accused in S.C.No.398/2004 for the offences under the Kerala Abkari Act. It is submitted that subsequently the accused had surrendered and she was convicted and that appeal is pending. Sureties had been imposed with a penalty of Rs. 25,000/- each. 2. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the accused had surrendered and was convicted, the penalty is reduced to Rs.2000/-(Rs.two thousand only) each. The Crl.R.P is disposed of as above. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE kvm/- CRA 2