{"id":45589,"date":"2010-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/devapalan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-2-november-2010"},"modified":"2016-10-11T03:18:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T21:48:57","slug":"devapalan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-2-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/devapalan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-2-november-2010","title":{"rendered":"Devapalan vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 2 November, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Devapalan vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 2 November, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.MC.No. 4249 of 2010()\n\n\n1. DEVAPALAN, AGED 49 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. T.N.ASHOKKUMAR, LICENSEE,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERATE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.C.THOMAS (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n\n Dated :02\/11\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n            M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR,J.\n          ===========================\n          CRL.M.C.No. 4249   OF 2010\n          ===========================\n\n    Dated this the 2nd day of November,2010\n\n                     ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>    Learned senior counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners  submitted  that  in  view  of  the<\/p>\n<p>statement filed that seizure of liquor was from<\/p>\n<p>the  family restaurant,  which is in  violation<\/p>\n<p>of condition No.2 of the licence and      under<\/p>\n<p>section  67A  introduced  by  Act  3\/2010  with<\/p>\n<p>effect from 7.12.2009,       an offence under<\/p>\n<p>section 56(b) of Abkari Act is compoundable,<\/p>\n<p>petition may be dismissed as withdrawn     with<\/p>\n<p>liberty to compound the offence and approach<\/p>\n<p>the learned Magistrate for releasing the seized<\/p>\n<p>articles.\n<\/p>\n<p>    Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with<\/p>\n<p>liberty to the petitioners to compound the<\/p>\n<p>offence  and  also   to approach   the  learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate for custody of the articles   seized<\/p>\n<p>and produced, before the Court.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                           M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR\n                                       JUDGE\n\nCrl.M.C.832\/2010    2\n\ntpl\/-\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>     &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;\n<\/p>\n<p>      W.P.(C).NO. \/06\n<\/p>\n<p>     &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>         JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>     SEPTEMBER,2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Devapalan vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 2 November, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.MC.No. 4249 of 2010() 1. DEVAPALAN, AGED 49 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner 2. T.N.ASHOKKUMAR, LICENSEE, Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERATE For Petitioner :SRI.C.C.THOMAS [&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-45589","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>Devapalan vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 2 November, 2010 - 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\/devapalan-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-2-november-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Devapalan vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 2 November, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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