Court : Kerala
Decided on : Nov-30-1951
Reported in : 1952CriLJ1095
ORDERGovinda Pillai, J.1. The accused was charged for an offence under Section 9 of the Travancore Prohibition Act, VII (7) of 1123, in that he was found in a state of intoxication in the public road, just in front of the State Transport Garrage at Meenakshipuram in Nagercoil. This was at about 1 a.m. on the night of 18.6.1124. At that period, the place in question was declared to be a prohibition area; and any one found in an intoxicating condition was liable to be tried and convicted for an offence under Section 9 of the Prohibition Act. The accused is the Superintendent of Fisheries. He was on his way to Muttam, to conduct an enquiry into the official irregularities of the Sub-Inspector of Fisheries there. That Sub-Inspector is P.W. 5.The prosecution case was that the accused had taken brandy at Trivandrum, that he then travelled by bus to Nagercoil in the company of P. W. 5 and D.Ws. 1 and 3, that at the pertinent time in question he was seen standing at the gate of Raghuvilas Hote...
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