State of Kerala Excise vs Babu Advocate - Sajeendrakumar. C — 100662/2022

Case under Abkari Act Section 55(i). Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED U/S 258 BNSS on 17th April 2026.

Case disposed

SC - SESSIONS CASE

CNR: KLKM180001872022

Filing Number

100662/2022

Filing Date

05-Apr-2022

Registration No

100662/2022

Registration Date

05-Apr-2022

Court

Addl.Sessions Court / Rent Control Appellate Authority, Kottarakkara

Judge

1-Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

Decision Date

17-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED U/S 258 BNSS

Last updated 06-Jun-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

26

Police Station

Karunagappally ER

Year

2021

Acts & Sections

Abkari Act Section 55(i)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State of Kerala Excise

    Adv. Spl. Public Prosecutor

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Babu Advocate - Sajeendrakumar. C

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 17-Apr-2026

    JudgementView PDF

    CASE SUMMARY The court acquitted accused Babu of charges under Section 55(i) of the Kerala Abkari Act for alleged illegal possession of 2.5 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor. The court found serious procedural deficiencies in evidence collection, including failure to properly document specimen seals, lack of testimony from custody officials, unexplained delay in chemical analysis (8+ months), and the accused's non-apprehension during search. These violations of mandatory chain-of-custody procedures fatally undermined the prosecution's case, and the court applied the benefit of doubt to acquit the accused. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 17-Apr-2026

    Disposed

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  4. 16-Apr-2026

    Order/ Judgement

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  5. 13-Apr-2026

    For Hearing

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  6. 10-Apr-2026

    For hearing under section 232 CRPC

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  7. 08-Apr-2026

    Examination of the Accused U/S 313 Cr.PC

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  8. 30-Mar-2026

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  9. 26-Mar-2026

    For Examination of Witness

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  10. 19-Mar-2026

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  11. 13-Mar-2026

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  12. 05-Mar-2026

    For Examination of Witness

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  13. 27-Feb-2026

    For Examination of Witness

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  14. 23-Feb-2026

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  15. 18-Feb-2026

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  16. 10-Feb-2026

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  17. 05-Feb-2026

    Issue Summons

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  18. 24-Oct-2025

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  19. 22-Jul-2025

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  20. 17-May-2025

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  21. 21-Feb-2025

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  22. 10-Dec-2024

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  23. 29-Aug-2024

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  24. 23-May-2024

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  25. 09-Feb-2024

    Call on

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  26. 13-Oct-2023

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  27. 27-Jun-2023

    Adjourned

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  28. 28-Mar-2023

    Adjourned

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  29. 24-Jan-2023

    Adjourned

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  30. 23-Nov-2022

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  31. 17-Sep-2022

    For framing charge

    Addl.Sessions Judge(Abkari Cases)

  32. 05-Jul-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  33. 05-Apr-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. 100662/2022

casestatus.in Summary

CASE SUMMARY The court acquitted accused Babu of charges under Section 55(i) of the Kerala Abkari Act for alleged illegal possession of 2.5 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor. The court found serious procedural deficiencies in evidence collection, including failure to properly document specimen seals, lack of testimony from custody officials, unexplained delay in chemical analysis (8+ months), and the accused's non-apprehension during search. These violations of mandatory chain-of-custody procedures fatally undermined the prosecution's case, and the court applied the benefit of doubt to acquit the accused. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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