Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. BADHARUDEEN MONDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023 / 6TH AGRAHAYANA, 1945 BAIL APPL. NO. 5764 OF 2021 CRIME NO.85/2021 OF ARYANAD EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED: AJIKUMAR AGED 38 YEARS, AJIKUAMR ALIAS AJI, AGED-37 YEARS, S/O PRABHAKARAN NAIR, PAYATTUVILA AJI BHAVAN, VELIYANNOOR P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695542 BY ADV S.S.SREEJITH RESPONDENTS: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682031 2 EXCISE PREVENTIVE OFFICER EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, ARYANADU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695542 BY ADV PUBLIC PROSECUTOR K DENNY DEVASSY - SR PP THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.11.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: B.A.No. 5764 of 2021
ORDER
Dated this the 27th day of November, 2023 The petitioner, who is apprehending arrest at the hands of Aryanad Excise Range Office, Thiruvananthapuram in Crime No.85/2021 has filed this anticipatory bail application under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, where the prosecution alleges commission of offence punishable under Section 55(i) of the Abkari Act.
2. No representation for the petitioner.
3. The learned Public Prosecutor would submit that, in
this matter the investigation has been completed and Final Report already filed. Since the learned counsel for the petitioner is not intended to proceed with the matter, this petition stands dismissed for non prosecution. Sd/- A. BADHARUDEEN JUDGE SK