IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 13^TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 22ND PHALGUNA, 1946 BAIL APPL. NO. 3305 OF 2025 CRIME NO.42/2025 OF Kottarakkara Excise Range Office, Kollam PETITIONER(S)/ACCUSED:

RADHAKRISHNA PILLAI AGED 56 YEARS, S/O BALAKRISHNA PILLAI, KARUNA NILAYAM, PALLIKKAL NORTH, MYLOM VILLAGE, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN - 691566 BY ADVS.

K.V.ANIL KUMAR RADHIKA S.ANIL NIJAZ JALEEL RESPONDEN T ( S )/COMPLAINAN T :

STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN – 682 031 BY ADV . :

PP- G SUDHEER THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J.

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BA No.3305 of 2025 --------------------------------------------

Dated this the 13^th day of March, 2025

O R D E R

This Bail Application is filed under Section

483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

2. The petitioner is an accused in Crime No.42/2025 of Kottarakkara Excise Range OfÏce, Kollam. The above case is registered against the petitioner alleging offences punishable under Sections 55(i) of the Kerala A