Patna High CourtCR. MISC./7118/2018bail granted

Sonu Singh @ Ashwini Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar

2018-02-12Mr. Justice Prakash Chandra Jaiswal2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.7118 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -168 Year- 2017 Thana -NASRIGANJ District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Sonu Singh @ Ashwini Kumar Verma, son of Baban Singh, resident of Village- Sukahara, P.S. Karakat, District Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nityanand For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Parmanand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 12-02-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Nasariganj P.S. Case No.168/2017 registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

156.27 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of co-accused Jai Prakash Singh. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He was neither apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. There is nothing in the record indicating the complicity of the petitioner baring the confessional statement of co-accused Jai

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7118 of 2018 (2) dt.12-02-2018 2/2 Prakash Singh, which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law. The said Jai Prakash Singh has been enlarged on bail by coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 52834 of 2017 vide order dated 09.11.2017. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. He has been languishing in custody since 31.10.2017. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Rohtas at Sasaram, in connection with Nasariganj P.S. Case No.168/2017. (Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J) Amit/- U T