ORDER

Dated this the 02^nd day of February, 2026

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.274/2025 of Ranni Excise Range Office, Pathanamthitta District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 55 (i) of theKerala Abkari Actand Section 6(b) of the Cigarettes & Other Tobacco Products Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 01.11.2025, at about 01:00 p.m., the Excise Inspector and party had detected 140.5 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and 5 kg of prohibited tobacco products, as, having been stored for sale by the applicants, inside a room in a residential building bearing No.V/305 situated at Kollamula near Little Flower School junction.

4. I have heard Sri. P.Mohamed Sabah, the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri. M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants