Pappu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.626 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-469 Year-2024 Thana- GARKHA District- Saran ====================================================== Pappu Singh S/O Lalan Singh @ Lalan Prasad Singh R/O Village - Mithepur, P.S- Garkha, District- Chapra.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bipin Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 10-01-2025 Heard Mr. Bipin Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, learned A.P.P. for the State. 2.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 30(a), 36, 38, 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 3.

Altogether 1237.40 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from the seized Bolero Pickup Van. Seeing the police, all the accused persons including the petitioner are said to have fled away from the spot.

4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged has even taken place. He has falsely been implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.626 of 2025(2) dt.10-01-2025 2/3 possession of the petitioner or from his house. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or the place of recovery or any trade of liquor. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and based on concocted facts. He was not apprehended on the spot. The seized vehicle does not belong to the petitioner. He has been made accused in the present case merely on the basis of disclosure of Mahal Chaukidar with whom petitioner has enemical terms. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature of offence that of the present case and he has been languishing in custody since 14.11.2024.

5.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 5,000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the account of Lawyers' Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, bearing Account No. 7801893276, IFSC Code: IDIB000L501, Indian Bank, LNMI Branch, Bailey Road, Patna.

6.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/the Successor Court, in connection with Garkha P.S.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.626 of 2025(2) dt.10-01-2025 3/3 Case No. 469 of 2024, subject to the further conditions that

(1) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(2) That the bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse. 7.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the account of Lawyers' Association Welfare Benevolent Fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T