Santosh Sah @ Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4120 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-166 Year-2020 Thana- PURNAHYA District- Sheohar ====================================================== SANTOSH SAH @ SANTOSH KUMAR S/o Kedar Sah Resident of VillageAmba Kala, P.S.- Piprahi, District- Sheohar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manohar Prasad Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Binod Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 21-02-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks from today.

This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Purnahia P.S. Case No. 166/2020 registered for the offence under Section 30(a)/37(B) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

In view of the fact that prima facie a case under the Excise Act, is made out against the petitioner, this application for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is not maintainable in view of Full Bench decision of this Court rendered in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.).

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4120 of 2022(2) dt.21-02-2022 2/2 Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application is dismissed as not maintainable.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) Saif/- U T