IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 10TH NOVEMBER 2006 / 19TH KARTHIKA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 6577 of 2006() ----------------------------- CMP.6795/2006 of J.M.F.C.-II,PATHANAMTHITTA C.R.NO.39/2005 OF KONNY EXCISE RANGE. .................... PETITIONER/PETITIONER: -------------- MANIYAN ACHARI, S/O.NARAYANAN ACHARI, ERATHUTHEKKETHIL HOUSE, V-KOTTAYAM VILLAGE, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.SETHUNATH RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & STATE: ------------------ 1. EXCISE INSPECTOR, KONNY RANGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAI GEORGE. THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/11/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M. JAMES, J. ------------------------------- Bail Application No. 6577 of 2006 ------------------------------- Dated this the 10th November, 2006. O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 11.9.2006, with 90 litres of wash, by the Konny Excise Range officials, who registered C.R.No.39/2005 of that Excise Range, for the offence punishable under Section55(g) of the Abkari Act. Petitioner remains in judicial custody thereafter. Hence, this application for bail. 2. Considering the duration of judicial detention and other facts that are placed before me, 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-II, Pathanamthitta. 3. The petitioner shall report before the Inspector of Konny Excise Range, once in a week, on every Thursday, between 10 and 11 A.M., starting from 16.11.2006, for a period of three months. J.M. JAMES, JUDGE nj.