Sagar Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16720 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-28 Year-2019 Thana- TATARPUR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Sagar Jha, Son of Pramod Jha, Resident of village-Jagdishpur, Shivran, P.S.- Rajoun, District- Banka.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar . ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Rajiv Ranjan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Manoj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-03-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is languishing in custody since 10.02.2019 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution case is tht the informant being a police officer received a secret information that from the rented house of the petitioner, sale of illicit liquor is being done, consequently, raid was laid when 47 litres of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor were recovered.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the said house does not belong to the petitioner, petitioner is simply a renter in the house in question and he has falsely been roped in the present case. It is further submitted that though, the petitioner is accused in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16720 of 2019(2) dt.26-03-2019 2/2 one another case of similar nature but he is on bail in that case. Learned APP submits that the recovery has been made from the house which was being occupied by the petitioner.
Considering the quantity of recovery and period under custody, let the above named petitioner be released 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 IInd Additional Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, Excise, Bhagalpur in connection with Tatarpur P.S. Case No. 28 of 2019.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) DKS/- U T