IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K. BABU FRIDAY, THE 7^TH DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 17TH JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.A NO. 2654 OF 2009 AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT DATED IN SC NO.57 OF 2009 OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, THODUPUZHA APPELLANT/ACCUSED:

LEELA W/O THANKAPPAN,, ALACKAL HOUSE, KOOVAKANDAM KARA, VELLIYAMATTEM VILLAGE, THODUPUZHA TALUK.

BY ADVS.

SRI.C.M.TOMY SMT.ANJANA VARGHESE SRI.K.J.JOSEMON SRI.MATHEW SKARIA RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:

STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.

SRI.G.SUDHEER, PP THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07.06.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Aggrieved by the judgment dated 20.11.2009 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge (Ad hoc-II) Thodupuzha, the accused has preferred this Appeal. The appellant was convicted under Sections 8(2) and 55(g) of the Abkari Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and pay a fine of Rs.1 lakh.

2. The prosecution case is that on 28.7.2008 at 7.15 p.m, the accused was found in possession of 2 litres of arrack and the utensils for distilling arrack on the premises of her resident