IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE K.HEMA FRIDAY, THE 6TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 17TH MAGHA 1930 Bail Appl..No. 515 of 2009 ---------------------------------- CMP.432/2009 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I,KOTTARAKKARA .................... PETITIONER/ACCUSED: ---------------------------------- AJAYAGHOSH, S/O. SIVADASAN, AJAYAVILASOM, KULAKKADA EAST MURI, KULAKKADA VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.K.V.ANIL KUMAR RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: ------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S.SIVAKUMAR THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 06/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.HEMA, J. ------------------------------------------- B.A.No.515 of 2009 ------------------------------------------ Dated, this the 6th day of February, 2009 ORDER Petition for bail. 2. Alleged offence is under Section 8(2) of the Abkari Act. According to prosecution, petitioner was found in possession of 10 litres of arrack on 25.12.2008. Petitioner surrendered before the Magistrate Court on 17.1.2009. 3. Learned Public Prosecutor submitted that petitioner is involved in six other cases of similar nature and hence stringent conditions may be imposed while granting bail. He has no objection in granting bail, it is submitted. 4. On hearing both sides, I am satisfied that bail can be granted to petitioner on stringent conditions. Hence the following order is passed: i) Petitioner shall execute a bond for Rs.50,000/- with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the Magistrate Court concerned. ii) Petitioner shall report before the investigating officer on every alternate B.A.No.515 of 2009 2 day between 10 AM and 1 P.M. until further orders. iii) Petitioner shall not leave the limits of the Excise Range Office within which the crime is registered, except with the previous permission of the Magistrate Court concerned. iv) Petitioner shall not commit any offence while on bail and in case of breach of this condition, the bail is liable to be cancelled. Petition is allowed. K.HEMA, JUDGE vns