{"id":195300,"date":"2009-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ponnamma-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-23-july-2009"},"modified":"2017-10-23T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:28:30","slug":"ponnamma-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-23-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ponnamma-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-23-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Ponnamma vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 23 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Ponnamma vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 23 July, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nBail Appl..No. 4033 of 2009()\n\n\n1. PONNAMMA, AGED 50 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.AJITH MURALI\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN\n\n Dated :23\/07\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                           K.T.SANKARAN, J.\n               ------------------------------------------------------\n                        B.A. NO. 4033 OF 2009\n               ------------------------------------------------------\n                     Dated this the 23rd July, 2009\n\n\n                                 O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>       This is an application for bail under Section 439 of the Code of<\/p>\n<p>Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in C.R.No.181 of 2007<\/p>\n<p>of the Chengannur Excise Range.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>       2. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Sections 8(1)<\/p>\n<p>and (2) of the Abkari Act.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>       3. The prosecution case is that on 30.10.2007, the petitioner was<\/p>\n<p>found in possession of 1.5 litres of arrack. The petitioner surrendered<\/p>\n<p>before Court in connection with another case on 10.6.2009. Her formal<\/p>\n<p>arrest was recorded in the present case on 1.7.2009.<\/p>\n<p>       4. Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, the<\/p>\n<p>duration of the judicial custody undergone by the petitioner, the nature of<\/p>\n<p>the offence and the present stage of investigation, I am of the view that<\/p>\n<p>bail can be granted to the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>       5. The petitioner shall be released on bail on her executing bond<\/p>\n<p>for Rs.25,000\/-   with two solvent sureties for the like amount to the<\/p>\n<p>B.A. NO. 4033 OF 2009<\/p>\n<p>                                          :: 2 ::\n<\/p>\n<p>satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Chengannur,<\/p>\n<p>subject to the following conditions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       a)     The petitioner shall report before the investigating officer<br \/>\n              between 9 A.M.      and 11 A.M. on all Mondays, till the final<br \/>\n              report is filed or until further orders;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       b)     The petitioner shall appear before the investigating officer<br \/>\n              for interrogation as and when required;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       c)     The petitioner shall not try to influence the prosecution<br \/>\n              witnesses or tamper with the evidence;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       d)     The petitioner shall not commit any offence or indulge in any<br \/>\n              prejudicial activity while on bail;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       e)     In case of breach of any of the conditions mentioned above,<br \/>\n              the bail shall be liable to be cancelled.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       The Bail Application is allowed as above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                                                        (K.T.SANKARAN)<br \/>\n                                                              Judge<\/p>\n<p>ahz\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Ponnamma vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 23 July, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Bail Appl..No. 4033 of 2009() 1. 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STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.AJITH MURALI For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon&#8217;ble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ponnamma vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 23 July, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ponnamma-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-23-july-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ponnamma vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 23 July, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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