Sonal Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No 18235 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -28 Year- 2017 Thana -BARAUNI District- BEGUSARAI ====================================================== Sonal Kumar Singh Son of Parma Nand Singh, resident of village - Hemra, P.S. Mufassil, District - Begusarai .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr Krishna Deo Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 25-04-2017 Heard the parties.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Barauni (FCI) Police Station Case No 28 of 2017, registered for offences punishable under Sections 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016 and Section 188 of Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that allegation against the petitioner is of recovery of 15 litres of forein liquor from the car in which he was traveling. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has clean antecedent and has been falsely implicated in this case and now he has remained in custody since 01.02.2017 for about three months. Heard learned APP also. Learned APP opposed the prayer for bail.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18235 of 2017 (2) dt.25-04-2017 2/2 Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Barauni (FCI) Police Station Case No 28 of 2017. With following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned Court. (ii) The petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The petitioner shall co-operate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the Court and on the event of failure on his part to appear before the Court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reasons, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail. With the aforesaid observation, this application is allowed.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) M.E.H./- U T