IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN WEDNESDAY, THE 1ST JULY 2009 / 10TH ASHADHA 1931 Bail Appl..No. 3445 of 2009() ----------------------------- CMP.2175/2009 IN CRIME NO.22/2009 OF THIRUPURAM EXCISE RANGE .................... PETITIONER (S): ACCUSED --------------------------- ASHOKAN, AGED 43, S/O. NANU PANICKER, KOLLAMVILAKATHU VEEDU, ARANGAMUGHAL, ATHIYANNOR VILLAGE, NEYYATINKARA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.R.GOPAN RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANTS --------------------------- EXCISE INSPECTOR, THIRUPURAM EXCISE RANGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.TEKCHAND THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 01/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. ------------------------------------------------------ B.A. NO. 3445 OF 2009 ------------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 1st July, 2009 O R D E R This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.22 of 2009 of Thirupuram Excise Range. 2. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Sections 8 (1) and (2) of the Abkari Act. 3. The prosecution case is that on 27.5.2009 the petitioner was found transporting five litres of arrack. He was arrested on the same day and was produced before court. The petitioner is in judicial custody. Learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner is involved in 25 other crimes of similar nature. In view of the alleged complicity of the petitioner in large number of cases of the similar nature, I do not think that it is proper to release the petitioner on bail. The Bail Application is accordingly dismissed. (K.T.SANKARAN) Judge ahz/