Sumant Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14402 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-504 Year-2019 Thana- PAROO District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== SUMANT SINGH S/o Umashankar Singh @ Bhikhari Singh Resident of Village- Kamalpur (Kamalpura), Tola Mathiya, P.S.- Paroo, DisttMuzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Arun Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Nazir Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 10-09-2020 Heard both sides through Video Conferencing.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Paroo P.S. Case No.504 of 2019 registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

The informant, A.S.I. of Paroo P.S., got secret inputs that Sumant Singh(the petitioner) has kept liquor in his house and the same was being sold. The police raided the house and 66 litres of Indian made foreign liquor was recovered. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and in fact he has committed no offence. It is submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The recovery was made from a hut which is situated outside the house of the petitioner but it

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14402 of 2020(3) dt.10-09-2020 2/2 appears that from the house of the petitioner, 66 litres of Indian made foreign liquor was recovered.

Taking into consideration the facts aforesaid, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the same is rejected.

(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) Saurabh/- U T