Sri Ram Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.47124 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -228 Year- 2017 Thana -GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. DistrictSITAMARHI ====================================================== Sri Ram Sahni, son of Late Faturi Sahni, resident of village Machhkotwa, P.S. Majorganj, District Sitamarhi .... .... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Virendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Prem Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 22-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail in connection with Case No. C2/228/17 for offences punishable under Section 30(A) of the Bihar Excise Act.

The prosecution case, as lodged by the excise officials, is that they caught the petitioner near Indo-Nepal Border carrying 18 litres of Nepali Sophy wine in his bicycle. Accordingly, a seizure-list was prepared.

It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is innocent, bears no criminal history and is languishing in custody since 12.04.2017. He further submits that charge-sheet has already been submitted and there is no allegation

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47124 of 2017 (2) dt.22-09-2017 2/2 of tampering of the prosecution witnesses by the petitioner. However, learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances and the materials on record, let petitioner, above named, 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 A.D.J.-II, Sitamarhi, in connection with Case No. C2/228/17. (Nilu Agrawal, J) Rajesh/- U T