State of Kerala Excise vs BABU RAJAN @ RAJU Advocate - Sachin Sunny — 1298/2017

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The court acquitted accused Prinjith of illegal liquor sales charges under the Abkari Act due to serious procedural failures in the prosecution's case. Critical defects included: failure to establish chain of custody (thondy clerk and sample forwarding officials not examined), blank spaces in the forwarding note identifying who transmitted samples to the lab, non-production of seized contraband or chemical examination certificates, and inadequate certified inventory documentation. The court found these breaches violated the Kerala High Court's streamlined procedures from *Vijayan v. State of Kerala*, making the evidence unreliable and entitling the accused to acquittal under reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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Defence Evidence

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Issue Summons

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Prosecution Evidence

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No sitting notified

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Produce witnesses

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First hearing

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Case filed

Registration No. 1298/2017