Pramod Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8152 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-228 Year-2021 Thana- SUPPI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Pramod Sahni Son Of Parikshan Sahni R/V- Ramnagar, P.S.- Suppi, DistrictSitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Nazir Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 17-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather 661.800 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the bank of river Bagmati. He submits that the similarly situated co-accused has already been granted bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court. He submits that the petitioner has two criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8152 of 2023(2) dt.17-04-2023 2/3 bail application.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.40,000.00 (Rupees Forty Thousand) in the account of Bihar State Bar Council Welfare Fund bearing Account No.31861041899, IFSC Code: SBIN0010340, State Bank of India, High Court Campus, Patna.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, 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 Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Suppi P.S. Case No. 228 of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, subject to the further conditions that

(1) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife.

(2) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8152 of 2023(2) dt.17-04-2023 3/3 aforesaid amount in the account of Bihar State Bar Council Welfare Fund, Patna.

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