Sonu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.6542 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2017 Thana- KATRA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sonu Singh, aged about 30 years (Male), S/O Harishchandra Prasad Singh @ Ganga Singh, resident of Village- Locha, P.S.Gaighat, District-Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner

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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Mahendra Thakur, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Ahtasham Ali Khan, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-02-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 272, 273 of the IPC, 30(a), 36 and 38 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 738 liters wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 738 liters wine is recovered from the vehicle in question. The vehicle in question does not belong to the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6542 of 2019(2) dt.05-02-2019 2/2 come on the basis of disclosure made by co-accused Shatrughan Sahni. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.

10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise Act, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Katra P.S. Case No. 97/2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K.