IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE KAUSER EDAPPAGATH TUESDAY, THE 26^TH DAY OF MAY 2026/5TH JYAISHTA, 1948 BAIL APPL. NO. 2291 OF 2026 CRIME NO.44/2026 OF KOLLAM EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, KOLLAM AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT DATED 13.04.2026 IN BA NO.44 OF 2026 OF DISTRICT COURT & SESSIONS COURT/RENT CONTROL APPELLATE AUTHORITY, KOLLAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED:

V MANIYAN AGED 69 YEARS, SON OF VELAYUDHAN, PUTHUVAL PURAYIDOMM MUNDAKKAL VILLAGE, MUNDAKKAL WEST, KOLLAM, PIN - 691010 BY ADV SRI.AJAYA KUMAR. G RESPONDENTS/STATE/COMPLAINANT:

1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROCECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, PIN - 682031

2 THE EXCISE INSPECTOR EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, CHINNAKKADA, KOLLAM, PIN - 691001 BY ADV.

SRI.M.C. ASHI, SR. PP THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26.05.2026, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

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

2. The applicant is the accused in Crime No.44/2026 of Excise Range Office, Kollam District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 55(i) of the Kerala Abkari Act I of 1077