Raja Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12747 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-230 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Begusarai ====================================================== RAJA PASWAN Son of Khakhan Paswan Resident of Village- Kastoli, Ward No.05, P.S.- Mansoorchak, Distt- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sabal Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within four weeks. In the eventuality of nonremoval of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

240 liters of spirit is said to have been recovered behind the house of the petitioner.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from the

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Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.50,000.00 (Rupees Fifty Thousand) in Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.141301 0060836, IFSC Code: PUNB141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Excise Case No. 203C2/2020, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, subject to the further conditions that

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(1) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife.

(2) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.50,000.00 (Rupees Fifty Thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

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