{"id":52582,"date":"2010-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shafeekka-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-7-october-2010"},"modified":"2017-02-20T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:31:09","slug":"shafeekka-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-7-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shafeekka-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-the-on-7-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Shafeekka vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 7 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Shafeekka vs State Of Kerala Represented By The on 7 October, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.MC.No. 3706 of 2010()\n\n\n1. SHAFEEKKA, SHAFEEKKA MANZIL,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\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 :07\/10\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n            M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR,J.\n          ===========================\n            CRL.M.C.No. 3618 &3706\n                     OF 2010\n          ===========================\n\n    Dated this the 7th day of October,2010\n\n                     ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
    Petitioners   in   Crl.M.C.3618\/2010    are<\/p>\n
accused 1 and 2 in CR No.52\/2010 of Excise<\/p>\n
Range,   Kothamangalam.        Petitioner    in<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706\/2010 is the accused in CR.50\/2010<\/p>\n
of Excise Range, Thiruvananthapuram. She is the<\/p>\n
licensee of a Three Star Hotel having FL-3<\/p>\n
licence   at   Thiruvananthapuram.       Second<\/p>\n
petitioner in Crl.M.C.3618\/2010 is the licensee<\/p>\n
and first petitioner is the Manager of Hotel<\/p>\n
Maria International, Kothamangalam having a bar<\/p>\n
licence FL-3.  Both the crimes were registered<\/p>\n
on the allegations that in violation of the<\/p>\n
conditions of license, licensee had  put up an<\/p>\n
additional counter and the respective accused<\/p>\n
thereby committed the offence under section 56<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010        2<\/p>\n
(b) of Abkari Act.         These petitions are filed under<\/p>\n
section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to<\/p>\n
quash the crimes registered contending that an<\/p>\n
offence under section 56(b) of Abkari Act is not<\/p>\n
attracted.\n<\/p>\n
      2.     Learned senior counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
petitioners         and  learned  Public  Prosecutor  were<\/p>\n
heard.\n<\/p>\n
      3.     Learned senior counsel pointed out that<\/p>\n
under        the     conditions  of  Annexure  C  license,<\/p>\n
licensee is permitted to sell and serve liquor not<\/p>\n
only in the bar room but also in the         room as well<\/p>\n
as the restaurant, to the inmates of the hotel. It<\/p>\n
also      permits       to serve liquor, along with the<\/p>\n
meals, by the side of           swimming pools, lawns and<\/p>\n
the roof gardens on getting special permit.         It is<\/p>\n
submitted that          both  licensees   obtained permit<\/p>\n
to serve liquor in the lawn by paying additional<\/p>\n
amount as          prescribed and in such circumstances<\/p>\n
putting up additional counter, within the licenced<\/p>\n
premises will not be a              in violation of the<\/p>\n
conditions of the license and therefore            offence<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010       3<\/p>\n
under section 56(b) of Abkari Act is not attracted.<\/p>\n
Learned senior counsel pointed out that the very<\/p>\n
same question was considered by this court in<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.2292\/2009 and by Annexure E order, the case<\/p>\n
registered was quashed, holding that putting up an<\/p>\n
additional counter within the licensed premises is<\/p>\n
not a violation of the conditions of the licence<\/p>\n
and therefore an offence under section 56(b) is not<\/p>\n
attracted.\n<\/p>\n
      4.     The argument of learned Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n
is that under the license, the licensee can sell<\/p>\n
liquor only within          the bar room and not outside<\/p>\n
and permission is granted only to serve liquor on<\/p>\n
the lawns or side of the swimming pools, to the<\/p>\n
residents of the hotel and it will not enable the<\/p>\n
licensee to put up additional counter and the<\/p>\n
additional counter put up, it is violation of the<\/p>\n
conditions of the license        and therefore an offence<\/p>\n
under section 56(b) is attracted.         Learned Public<\/p>\n
Prosecutor pointed out that under Rule 16 of Kerala<\/p>\n
Abkari      Disposal     Rules the  sale  of  liquor  is<\/p>\n
permitted only inside the bar room and by G.O.(P)<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010        4<\/p>\n
105\/09\/TD dated 17.6.2009,           Foreign Liquor Rules<\/p>\n
was amended whereunder Rule 3C was inserted to the<\/p>\n
effect that no liquor shall be sold under FL-3<\/p>\n
license through more than one bar counter, within<\/p>\n
the    licensed       bar   room of  the  hotel  and   an<\/p>\n
additional counter, that too on payment of the<\/p>\n
additional fee prescribed therein, could be put up<\/p>\n
only within the licensed bar room of the hotel not<\/p>\n
within the licensed premises and therefore the<\/p>\n
offence      under      section 56(b) of   Abkari  Act is<\/p>\n
attracted.\n<\/p>\n
      5.    Conditions 1, 2, 3 and 7 of the licence was<\/p>\n
considered by this court in detail in Annexure E<\/p>\n
order.        Condition No.2 provides that no liquor<\/p>\n
shall be sold under the licence for removal outside<\/p>\n
the hotel, to anyone including residents of the<\/p>\n
hotel providing that liquor may be sold and served<\/p>\n
to residents of the hotel in the rooms wherein they<\/p>\n
reside or in the restaurants where they partake<\/p>\n
food, by the employees of the bar.          It is further<\/p>\n
provided that liquor can be served             along with<\/p>\n
meals by the side of swimming pools, lawns and the<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010       5<\/p>\n
roof gardens of the hotel, on obtaining special<\/p>\n
annual permit from the Excise Commissioner.         It is<\/p>\n
further provided that such a         hotel should have an<\/p>\n
exclusive restaurant for the use of families and<\/p>\n
others, where no liquor shall be served.           Though<\/p>\n
the conditions of licence provide for showing the<\/p>\n
boundaries of the licenced premises and boundaries<\/p>\n
of the bar room separately, there is         no condition<\/p>\n
providing         that     sale of liquor could only be<\/p>\n
within the boundaries of the           bar room. On the<\/p>\n
other      hand,      Condition  No.2  itself  makes   it<\/p>\n
sufficiently clear that, conditions of the licence<\/p>\n
provide      for     sale  of  liquor  even  outside  the<\/p>\n
boundaries        of    the bar  room.    Condition  No.2<\/p>\n
provides that liquor can be sold and served to the<\/p>\n
residents of the hotel, in their rooms or in the<\/p>\n
restaurant, where they partake food.         At the same<\/p>\n
time as far as swimming pools and lawns and roof<\/p>\n
gardens are concerned, Condition No.2 provide that<\/p>\n
though liquor cannot be sold there though         it can<\/p>\n
be served along with the meals by the side of<\/p>\n
swimming pools, lawns and the roof gardens.          Thus<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010        6<\/p>\n
Condition No.2 makes a distinction between the<\/p>\n
restaurant and a roof gardens or lawns or swimming<\/p>\n
pools.       As far as swimming pools, lawns and roof<\/p>\n
gardens of a hotel are concerned, the licensee is<\/p>\n
not entitled to sell liquor and           can only serve<\/p>\n
liquor there.           On the other hand, as far as the<\/p>\n
restaurant is concerned, licensee is entitled to<\/p>\n
sell as well as serve liquor inside the restaurant,<\/p>\n
though such sale could only be to the residents of<\/p>\n
the hotel.        So also   serving liquor along with the<\/p>\n
meals, by the side of swimming pools, lawns and<\/p>\n
roof gardens could only be to the inmates of the<\/p>\n
hotel.         Therefore when condition No.2 makes a<\/p>\n
distinction with reference to the restaurant and<\/p>\n
roof gardens, whereunder sale is permitted inside<\/p>\n
the restaurant but not permitted inside the roof<\/p>\n
gardens or lawns, it is clear that        contention that<\/p>\n
sale is permitted only inside the bar room cannot<\/p>\n
be accepted.           If that be the case, it cannot be<\/p>\n
said that putting up a counter in the restaurant or<\/p>\n
outside the bar room and          within the licensed bar<\/p>\n
premises, would be         violation of Condition No.2 as<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010       7<\/p>\n
found by this court in Annexure E order.<\/p>\n
      6. True, Rule 16 was not considered in the said<\/p>\n
decision.        The question is whether Rule 16 makes<\/p>\n
any distinction. Rule 16 reads:-\n<\/p>\n
          16. No premises shall be<\/p>\n
          used for the sale or for<\/p>\n
          possession       and   use   of<\/p>\n
          liquor       unless they   have<\/p>\n
          been approved by the Excise<\/p>\n
          Commissioner.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sub Rule (1) only provides that no premises shall<\/p>\n
be used for           sale or for possession and use of<\/p>\n
liquor,      without     prior  sanction  of  the  Excise<\/p>\n
Commissioner.           The licence granted enables the<\/p>\n
licensee, to sell liquor within             the licenced<\/p>\n
premises, in accordance with the conditions of the<\/p>\n
licence.       When condition No.2 of the licence enable<\/p>\n
the licensee to sell liquor, not only within the<\/p>\n
bar room but to the restaurant also, it cannot be<\/p>\n
said that Rule 16 is a bar to put up           additional<\/p>\n
counter      outside     the  bar  room  but  within  the<\/p>\n
premises of the hotel.         Therefore Rule 16 does not<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010      8<\/p>\n
make any difference on the           earlier finding on<\/p>\n
putting up additional counter outside the bar room<\/p>\n
and within the licensed premises by a licensee as<\/p>\n
held in Annexure E order.          What remains is only<\/p>\n
Annexure R1, the Government Order amending      Foreign<\/p>\n
Liquor Rules by inserting sub rule 3C after sub<\/p>\n
rule 3B of Rule 13.           Sub Rule 3C so inserted<\/p>\n
reads:-\n<\/p>\n
           “3C. No liquor shall be<\/p>\n
           sold     under FL3  licensee<\/p>\n
           through more than one bar<\/p>\n
           counter       within     the<\/p>\n
           licensed bar room of the<\/p>\n
           hotel.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/blockquote>\n
  The Explanatory Note shows that          there is at<\/p>\n
present no provision in the       Foreign Liquor Rules,<\/p>\n
to restrict the opening of more than one bar<\/p>\n
counter within the licenced bar room of the hotel<\/p>\n
and Government considers that if a license holder<\/p>\n
is allowed to maintain more than one bar counter,<\/p>\n
it will enable him to provide more facilities to<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010       9<\/p>\n
the customers and therefore it is decided to<\/p>\n
permit       FL-3 licence holder to maintain additional<\/p>\n
bar counters, within the licenced bar room, by<\/p>\n
paying an additional annual fee of Rs.25,000\/- for<\/p>\n
each additional bar counter and to make necessary<\/p>\n
amendments to the Foreign Liquor Rules.         Thus, by<\/p>\n
sub rule 3C, what is provided is putting up<\/p>\n
additional          bar counter within the licensed bar<\/p>\n
room of the hotel.           True, sub rule 3C does not<\/p>\n
provide for putting up additional bar counter<\/p>\n
outside the bar room.         But the question is whether<\/p>\n
there is any prohibition for putting up additional<\/p>\n
bar counter outside the bar room.\n<\/p>\n
      7. That is the question which was considered,<\/p>\n
in the earlier Crl.M.C. and decided in Annexure E<\/p>\n
order.      As it is already found that a licensee can<\/p>\n
sell liquor not only within the            bar room but<\/p>\n
within the licensed premises, when sub rule 3C<\/p>\n
only provide for collecting additional fee for<\/p>\n
putting up additional counter within the licensed<\/p>\n
premises        and     does not  prohibit   putting  up<\/p>\n
additional counter outside the bar room, Rule 3C<\/p>\n
Crl.M.C.3706 & 3618\/2010       10<\/p>\n
also      will      not   make  any  difference   in  the<\/p>\n
conclusions         arrived  at   in  Annexure  E  order.<\/p>\n
Therefore by putting up an additional counter as<\/p>\n
found at the time of inspection, evidenced by<\/p>\n
Annexure A mahazar which are within the licensed<\/p>\n
premises, no offence under section 56(b) of Abkari<\/p>\n
Act is attracted. Hence the Crimes registered<\/p>\n
could only be quashed.\n<\/p>\n
      Petitions        are  allowed.  CR.No.50\/2010    of<\/p>\n
Excise       Range     Office,  Thiruvananthapuram    and<\/p>\n
CR.No.52\/2010 of Excise Range Office, Kothamangalam<\/p>\n
are quashed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                      M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR
\n                                               JUDGE
\ntpl\/-\n<\/p>\n
M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
     ———————\n<\/p>\n
      W.P.(C).NO. \/06\n<\/p>\n
     ———————\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
         JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
     SEPTEMBER,2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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