(1.) Appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short, "Cr.P.C.").
(2.) Accused in S.C.No.367 of 2000 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court (Adhoc-I), Manjeri, who is aggrieved by the conviction under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act (in short, "Act"), has come up in appeal.
(3.) Short facts are as follows:-