Ranjeet Chaudhari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9091 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-350 Year-2022 Thana- DEO District- Aurangabad ====================================================== RANJEET CHAUDHARI S/O Moti Chaudhary R/O Village- Khadiha, P.SAurangabad Mufassil, District- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Leelawati Kumari, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Humayou Ahmad Khan, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2023 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.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Deo P. S. C ase No. 350 of 2022 dated 30.12.2022 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. As per the prosecution case, on a secret information, the police intercepted two persons boarded on a motorcycle and on search, total 110 litres of illicit country-made liquor was recovered from a sack which was kept on the said motorcycle.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9091 of 2023(2) dt.29-04-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. No such occurrence as alleged has ever taken place. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has neither any concerned with the seized vehicle nor with the alleged recovery. The petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 31.12.2022.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court Concerned, Aurangabad (Bihar) in connection with Deo P. S. Case No. 350 of 2022.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shakir/- U T