Patna High CourtCR. MISC./3346/2020bail granted

Dhiraj Kumar @ Dheeraj Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2020-01-21Justice Smt. Anjana Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3346 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-366 Year-2019 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.

DHIRAJ KUMAR @ DHEERAJ SINGH S/o Shambhu Prasad R/o MohallaMangala Gori, P.S.- Vishnupad, District- Gaya 2.

Ravi Kumar S/o Late Ramanand Singh R/o village- Rupaspur, P.S.- Alipur, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 21-01-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners are in custody since 22.10.2019 in connection with Excise Case No. 366 of 2019 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Amended Excise Act, 2018.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the driver and the helper of the Scorpio vehicle from which the alleged recoveries were made, but the same was not from their conscious possession and they are merely the driver of the vehicle which had been rented by one Sanni Saw of Ram Krishna Nagar, Patna. It is further submitted that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3346 of 2020(2) dt.21-01-2020 2/2 Considering the aforementioned facts and circumstances and that the petitioners have no control over any item which is loaded and they are only supposed to drive the vehicle, let the petitioners above named be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Gopalganj, in connection with in connection with Excise Case No. 366 of 2019. (Anjana Mishra, J) Saif/- U T