Patna High CourtCR. MISC./921/2017bail granted

Vinay Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar

2017-01-13Mr. Justice Hemant Kumar Srivastava2 pages

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.921 of 2017 (2) dt.13-01-2017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.921 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -134 Year- 2016 Thana -BOCHHA District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Vinay Bhagat .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar Mishra For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 13.01.2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under various sections of the Excise Act.

Petitioner and two others were caught on the spot and in huge quantity of Indian made foreign liquor as well as country made liquor were recovered from container.

Submission on behalf of the petitioner is that having similar allegation co-accused Md. Ali has already been granted privilege of bail by a coordinate bench of this court vide order dated 20.12.2016 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 54402/2016. It is further submitted that so far as the petitioner is concerned, he appears to be labourer and kingpin of the alleged occurrence have already been mentioned by the informant in his self statement. Moreover, petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent and is languishing in jail custody since 25.8.2016. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.921 of 2017 (2) dt.13-01-2017 submissions of the parties and also with an intent to maintain the parity of justice, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Bochahan P.S. Case no. 134/2016.

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