IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.M.JAMES FRIDAY, THE 18TH SEPTEMBER 2006 / 27TH BHADRA 1928 Bail Appl..No. 5314 of 2006 ----------------------------- CMP.5118/2006 of J.M.F.C., KAYAMKULAM CRIME NO. 186/2006 OF MAVELIKKARA EXCISE RANGE .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- MANOJ KUMAR, AGED 21 YEARS, S/O.GOPINATHA KURUP, KARIMUTTATHU KIZHAKKETHIL, KATTACHIRA MURI, BHARANIKKAVU VILLAGE, MAVELIKKARA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.K.JAYARAJ RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ KERALA STATE REPRESENTED BY EXCISE INSPECTOR, EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, MAVELIKKARA THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/09/2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: J.M.JAMES, J. -------------- B.A. 5314/2006 ------------------ DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2006 O R D E R The petitioner was arrested on 1.8.2006 with sixty liters of wash, by the Inspector of Excise Range, Mavelikkara, who registered C.R.No.186/2006 of that Excise Range, under Section 55(g) of the Abkari Act. Hence this application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. 2. After hearing both sides and accepting the arguments, advanced by the prosecution, that no other case is registered against the petitioner, I grant bail and release the petitioner from jail, subject to the following conditions:- (a). The petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two solvent sureties, each for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kayamkulam. B.A.No.5314/2006 2 (b). The petitioner shall report before the Investigating Officer, once in a week, on every Saturday, between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m, for a period of two months, starting from 23.9.2006. The application is allowed as above. J.M.JAMES JUDGE mrcs