Vakil Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48855 of 2017 (2) dt.13-10-2017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.48855 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -198 Year- 2017 Thana -BHAGALPUR KOTWALI DistrictBHAGALPUR ======================================================

1. Vakil Mandal, Son of Late Bindeshwari Mandal, Resident of VillageRaghopur, P.S.- Parbatta, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Nityanand ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 13-10-2017 Heard the parties.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Kotwali (Barari) P.S.Case nO.198 of 2017 registered for offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Allegation against the petitioner is about recovery of 09 ltrs. of liquor from the possession of the petitioner. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he has remained in custody for about five months.

Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48855 of 2017 (2) dt.13-10-2017 circumstances, as stated above, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged 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 Special Judge Excise, Bhagalpur in connection with Kotwali (Barari) P.S.case No.198 of 2017. With following conditions :

(i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned court.

(ii) The petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The petitioner shall co-operate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court and on the event of failure on his part to appear before the court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled.

(iv) If his active participation is found in such type of cases in future, his bail bond shall be cancelled. With the aforesaid observation, this application is allowed.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) chn/- U T