Pranav Yadav @ Pranav @ Ashok Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33116 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -121 Year- 2018 Thana -KAHALGAON District- BHAGALPUR ====================================================== Pranav Yadav @ Pranav @ Ashok Yadav S/o Bindeshwari Yadav, R/o Vill.- Olp..ra, P.S.- Ghogha, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjan Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Mithilesh Kumar Khare ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 21-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 354/34 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 12 of the POCSO Act and Section 37(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The petitioner Pranav Yadav and another accused are said to have dragged the minor daughter of the informant in inebriated condition with bad intention by holding her hand from the shop in the course of returning balance money by his daughter to them and also extended threatening.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no such occurrence as alleged ever took place. Petitioner has

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33116 of 2018 (3) dt.21-06-2018 2/2 no concern with the aforesaid occurrence. He happens to be teetotaller. He has not consumed any liquor. He has been falsely implicated in the case by the informant over some altercation made between the informant and the petitioner over purchasing of the articles from the shop of the informant and returning the money. Chargesheet in the case has been submitted. He has no criminal antecedent. He has been languishing in custody since 03.03.2018.

Considering the facts aforesaid, 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 the learned Special Judge, Excise, Bhagalpur in connection with Kahalgaon (Ghogha) P.S. Case No. 121 of 2018.

(Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J) Mishra/- U T