2024/KER/41566 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K. BABU MONDAY, THE 10^TH DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 20TH JYAISHTA, 1946 CRL.A NO. 1386 OF 2009 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT DATED 01.07.2009 IN SC NO.1320 OF 2006 OF THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, KOZHIKODE APPELLANT:

AJAYAN, S/O GANGADHARAN, PAROLI VEETTIL, ELATHUR VILLAGE, ERANHIKKAL,, KOZHIKODE.

BY ADV SRI.SUNNY MATHEW RESPONDENT:

STATE OF KERALA THROUGH THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, CHELANNUR EXCISE RANGE, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.

BY ADV.

SRI.G.SUDHEER, PP THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 10.06.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

K.BABU, J.

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Dated this the 10^th day of June, 2024 JUDGMENT Aggrieved by the judgment dated 01.07.2009, passed by the Additional District and Sessions Court (Adhoc-II), Kozhikode in Sessions Case No.1320 of 2006, the accused has preferred this appeal. The appellant was convicted under Section 8(2) of the Abkari Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of one year an