Ravi Shankar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24415 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-45 Year-2021 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Ravi Shankar Pandey S/O Late Subhash Pandey Resident Of Village Belawa Vrit, P.S Kuchaikote, District-Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. H.A. Khan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 05-07-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual court proceedings.

Learned counsel for the petitoner submits that in the prayer portion of the application Excise Case No. 45/2001 has been wrongly typed in place of Excise Case No. 45/2021.

Let Excise Case No. 45/2001 be read as Excise Case No. 45/2021.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects, as pointed out by the office, within four weeks of resumption of normal court proceeding. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Excise Case No. 45 of 2021 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a)

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24415 of 2021(2) dt.05-07-2021 2/3 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather 48 liters of illegal foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the Motorcycle bearing registration No. BR 28/6137. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or the place of recovery or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case and has not concern with the said motorcycle. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in para3 of the present petition and has been languishing in custody since 08.02.2021.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 5,000 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the PM Cares fund, bearing Account No.2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID : pmcares@sbi.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, 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 in connection with Excise Case No. 45 of 2021 subject to following conditions:

(1) One of the bailors will be own close relative of the petitioner who will give on affidavit genealogy as to how he is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24415 of 2021(2) dt.05-07-2021 3/3 relative to petitioner. The bailor will also undertake to inform the court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(2) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the court concerned if the petitioner is made accused in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the court below will be at liberty to initiate the proceeding for cancellation of bail on ground of misuse. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs. 5,000 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the PM Cares fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) GAURAV S./- U T