Indrajeet Singh v. The State Of Bihar Through Economic Offence Unit Bihar, Patna
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.13896 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -21 Year- 2014 Thana -ECONOMIC OFFENCES, BIHAR DistrictPATNA ======================================================
1. Indrajeet Singh Son of Santokh Singh @ Santosh Singh Resident of Mohalla- House No. 258 Bichtar Nagar, P.S. Murado District- Ludhiana (Punjab).
.... .... Petitioner/s
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1. The State of Bihar Through Economic offence Unit Bihar, Patna .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sheikh Arkan Ahmad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. V.N.P.Sinha(Eou) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-07-2016 Learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner has renewed his prayer for bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 20B(1), 23/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Petitioner's earlier bail application was rejected by co-ordinate Bench of this court (now retired) vide order dated 04.08.2015 passed in Criminal Misc. No. 39783 of 2014. Prosecution story is that Md. Moqeem being the Dy.S.P-cum-S.H.O., of economic offences unit received a secret information about transportation of Ganja when the raid was laid and a truck bearing Registration No. HR 55D/6187 was intercepted wherein apart from the driver two persons were found
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13896 of 2016 (7) dt.26-07-2016 2/3 sitting who disclosed their name as Balraj Singh (driver), Indrajeet Singh (petitioner) and co-accused Pramod Paswan. On search being made, 51 bags of Ganja were recovered from the chamber behind cabin of the truck total weighing 537 kgs. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the driver disclosed the name of the owner of the truck as Sanjay Singh. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a Punjabi Folk singer and he, being the co villager of the driver, was travelling in vehicle as a passenger and had no knowledge about the Ganja being transported in the vehicle. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 3.4.2014. Statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. It is submitted by Mr.
Akhileshwar Prasad Singh, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the Economic Offences Unit that huge quantity of Ganja were recovered from the truck in which the petitioner was found sitting with the driver. Since the petitioner claims to be co villager of the driver it can be safely presumed that petitioner had the knowledge of ganja being transported.
Considering the huge quantity of recovery of contraband, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13896 of 2016 (7) dt.26-07-2016 3/3 rejected in connection with Special Case No. 31 of 2014 arising out of Economic Offences P.S Case No. 21 of 2014 pending in the court of learned A.D.J.-VI Patna (Special Court of Economic Offences.) It is expected from learned A.D.J.-VI Patna (Special Court of Economic Offences) to conclude the trial expeditiously. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) siddharth/- U T