IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS THURSDAY, THE 20^TH DAY OF JUNE 2024 / 30TH JYAISHTA, 1946 BAIL APPL. NO. 4541 OF 2024 CRIME NO.26/2024 OF THRIPUNITHURA EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, ERNAKULAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

AJAYAN, AGED 58 YEARS S/O.KUTTAPP0AN, ILAMKULATHUKUNNEL HOUSE, KAIPATTUR, KAIPATTOR VILLAGE, KANAYANNUR THALUK, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, PIN - 689513 BY ADV SAJI SANKARAN NAIR RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:

STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031 OTHER PRESENT:

SR PP - SMT SEETHA S THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20.06.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

O R D E R

The application is filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the sole accused in Crime No.26 of 2024 of Thripunithura Excise Range Office, Ernakulam, which is registered against him for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 55(i) & 13 r/w 63 of Kerala Abkari Act 1 of 1077.

The petitioner was arrested on 01.05.2024.

2. The crux of the prosecution case is that: on 01.05.2024, at around 10.45 am, the accused was found in conscious possession of 61.500 Litres of India