Pankaj Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.48000 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -174 Year- 2017 Thana -MAHUA District- VAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ====================================================== Pankaj Rai, son of Late Deep Narayan Rai, R/o Village- Khirachak, P.S.- Mahua, District- Vaishali.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 12-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

This is an application for bail in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 174 of 2017 registered for the offences punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(A), 32(ii), 38(ii) and 41(ii) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. Allegation is of recovery of 70.566 litres of liquor from vehicle and petitioner is said to be the driver of the said vehicle. Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that he has falsely been implicated in this case and he has nothing to do with the seized articles and he is in custody for three months having no criminal antecedent.

Heard learned APP also.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48000 of 2017 (2) dt.12-10-2017 2/2 circumstances, as stated above, let the petitioner, above named, 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 Additional Sessions Judge-II, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 174 of 2017, subject to the following conditions :- (1) One of the bailors shall be a local person having sufficient immoveable properties in the jurisdiction of court concerned, (2) If involvement of the petitioner in such type of cases is found in future, his bail bond shall be cancelled.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) spal/- U