IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS WEDNESDAY, THE 23^RD DAY OF JULY 2025 / 1ST SRAVANA, 1947 BAIL APPL. NO. 8063 OF 2025 CRIME NO.26/2025 OF PAZHAYANNUR EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, THRISSUR PETITIONER(S)/ACCUSED:

JOSE AGED 73 YEARS S/O. MATHAI, KALLOLIKKAL HOUSE, PANGARAPILLY, KALIYA ROAD P.O., THRISSUR, PIN - 680586 BY ADVS.

SRI.C.HARIKUMAR SMT.SANDRA SUNNY SHRI.ARUN KUMAR M.A SMT.FARAH JYOTHI PRADEEP SMT.AISWARIYA V.R.

RESPONDENT(S)/STATE:

STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM, PIN – 682031.

SRI. NOUSHAD K.A., PP THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

23.07.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J.

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B.A.No. 8063 of 2025 …………………………………….….

Dated this the 23^rd day of July, 2025

ORDER

This bail application is filed under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for anticipatory bail.

2. Petitioner is the accused in Crime No. 26/2025 of Excise Range Office, Pazhayannur, Thrissur, registered alleging offence punishable under Section 55(g) of the Abkari Act, 1077.

3. According to the prosecution, on