Ravi Raj v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15241 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-334 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Gopalganj ====================================================== RAVI RAJ S/O- Ramesh Prasad Singh Resident of Village- Kotawara, Ward No. 7, P.s.- Paroo, Dist. - Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Pandey, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 04-08-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual court proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects, as pointed out by the office, within four weeks of resumption of normal court proceeding. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Excise Case No.334 of 2020, registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018. As per allegation, petitioner was apprehended with a car and on search altogether 207.360 liters of foreign liquor has been recovered from the dickey of the said car.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15241 of 2021(2) dt.04-08-2021 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. No such occurrence has ever taken place and no incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. Petitioner has no knowledge about the liquor kept in the car. He has been falsely implicated in this case on suspicion. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent, as mentioned in para-3 of the present petition and has been languishing in custody since 28.11.2020.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 20000.00/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) in the PM Cares fund, bearing Account No.2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID : pmcares@sbi.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of case, let the above named petitioner, be released 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 learned A.D.J. II-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Gopalganj, in connection with Excise Case No.334 of 2020, with the following conditions:-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15241 of 2021(2) dt.04-08-2021 3/3 (1) One of the bailors will be own close relative of the petitioner who will give on affidavit genealogy as to how he is relative to petitioner. The bailor will also undertake to inform the court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner. (2) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial, failing which, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court concerned.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.20,000.00/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) in the PM Cares fund.

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