KERALA HIGH COURT: ILLICIT SALE OF LIQUOR SHOULD BE IN PRAESENTI TO ATTRACT OFFENCE UNDER KERALA ABKARI ACT
The Daily Guardian|May 19, 2023
The Kerala High Court in the case Jolly Vaerghese v. State of Kerala observed and has held that the sale of liquor which ought to be made in praesenti in order to attract the offence as it has been stated under Section 55(i) of the Kerala Abkari Act.
KERALA HIGH COURT: ILLICIT SALE OF LIQUOR SHOULD BE IN PRAESENTI TO ATTRACT OFFENCE UNDER KERALA ABKARI ACT

The court in the case observed that it has been stated under section 55(i) of the Act that the person who sells or stores for sales liquor or any intoxicating drug in contravention of the Act or any Rule or Order which is made under the Act and the same shall be punished.

The bench headed by Justice V.G. Arun in the case observed while considering of an anticipatory bail application of the petitioner-accused who had been found in possession of 2.75 litres of the Indian Made Foreign Liquor.

The court in the case observed that it being the prima facie merit in the contention that mere possession of the Indian Made Foreign Liquour, IMFL that too being within the permissible limits and the same cannot lead to a presumption that the liquor was intended for sale.

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