2025:KER:28493 BAIL APPL. NO. 3661 OF 2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 13TH CHAITHRA, 1947 BAIL APPL. NO. 3661 OF 2025 CRIME NO.13/2025 OF Chadayamangalam Excise Range Office, Kollam PETITIONER/ACCUSED: SAMU AGED 62 YEARS S/O JOHN, VADAKKEKONATHU VEEDU, KOOLIKODE, ELAMADU, KOTTARAKKARA, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN - 691533 BY ADVS. A.S.SHAMMY RAJ V.R.KUMARAN PILLAI RESPONDENT/STATE: EXCISE INSPECTOR EXCISE RANGE OFFICE, CHADAYAMANGALAM, CHADAYAMANGALAM P O, KOTTARAKKARA, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN - 691534 OTHER PRESENT: SR PP-HRITHWIK C S THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:28493 BAIL APPL. NO. 3661 OF 2025 2 P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J. -------------------------------- B.A.No.3661 of 2025 ---------------------------------------------- Dated this the 03rd day of April, 2025 ORDER This Bail application is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. 2. Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.13/2025 of Chadayamangalam Excise Range. The above case is registered alleging offence punishable under Section 55(i) of the Kerala Abkari Act. 3. The prosecution case is that the accused was found in possession of 1.5 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor. It is alleged that the petitioner is involved in yet another case with similar set of facts. 4. After hearing both sides, I think this is not a fit case, in which orders u/s.482 BNSS can be passed. At this stage the counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner will surrender before the Investigating Officer. The counsel also submitted that there may be a direction to produce the 2025:KER:28493 BAIL APPL. NO. 3661 OF 2025 3 petitioner after interrogation before the jurisdictional court and there may be a direction to the jurisdictional court to consider the bail application on the date of production of the petitioner. I think that prayer can be allowed. 5. Considering the submission of the counsel for the petitioner, this bail application is disposed of with the following directions. 1) The petitioner will surrender before the Investigating Officer within two weeks from today. 2) If the petitioner surrender before the Investigating Officer as directed above, the Investigating Officer is free to interrogate the petitioner. If arrest is recorded, the petitioner shall be produced before the jurisdictional court on the date of surrender itself. 3) The petitioner is free to file bail application before the jurisdictional court at the time of producing him. If such a bail 2025:KER:28493 BAIL APPL. NO. 3661 OF 2025 4 application is filed with advance copy to the prosecutor concerned, the jurisdictional court will consider that bail application in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders in it preferably on the date of filing of the same itself. 4) The Investigating Officer is free to file custody application, if necessary, at the time of producing the petitioner and if such application is filed, the jurisdictional court is free to pass appropriate orders in it also. sd/- P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN JUDGE JV