IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS TUESDAY, THE 24^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026 / 5TH PHALGUNA, 1947 CRL.MC NO. 7785 OF 2024 CRIME NO.431/2000 OF Nedumangad Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT DATED IN LP NO.72 OF 2005 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS -I,NEDUMANGAD PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.3:

SUNILKUMAR, AGED 57 YEARS S/O.VASUDEVA PANICKER, AYITHI ABHIRAMI HOUSE, KOTTAKKAKAM MURI, ARYANAD VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT., PIN - 695542 BY ADV SRI.NIREESH MATHEW RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT:

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

PP.SRI.M.P.PRASANTH THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

24.02.2026, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

O R D E R Dated this the 24^th day of February, 2026 The petitioner is the original 3^rd accused in Crime No.431/2000 registered by the Nedumangad Police Station alleging the commission of the offence punishable under Sections 55 (b) (h)(i) of the Abkari Act r/w Rule 7(2) of the Kerala Abkari Shops (Disposal in Auction)Rules 1974. The case against the petitioner was split up and th