RAPHEL D SOUZA Vs. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In this Petition filed under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C., the petitioner who is the accused in C.R. No.21/2007 of Kumbala Excise Range for an offence punishable under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act for having been found in possession of 290 packets of karnataka arrack, each containing 100 ml., seeks his enlargement on bail. Petitioner was arrested on 5.5.2007.

(2.) I heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.

(3.) Having regard to the nature of the offences, the duration of judicial custody of the petitioner and the other circumstances of the case etc., I am inclined to grant bail to the petitioner but only from a future date. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail with effect from 11.6.2007, on his executing a bond for Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the J.F.C.M-I, Kasargode and subject to the following conditions: