Bittu Singh @ Prashant Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21402 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-167 Year-2021 Thana- MOHAMMADPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== BITTU SINGH @ PRASHANT KUMAR SINGH Son of Pawan Rai Resident of Village - Jalalpur, P.S.- Kuchaikote, Distt.- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Umesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Akbar Ali ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 12-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

198.72 litres of foreign liquor was recovered from a car.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the apprehended person disclosed that Chhatu Singh @ Munna Singh, Bittu Singh and Kamlesh Kumar are the owner of seized wine and they run syndicate of selling and purchasing wine. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragarph-

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Petitioner is ready to deposit a sum of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) in Bihar Kishore Nyay Nidhi, Apna Ghar, Near Lalit Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna bearing Saving Bank Account No.35094613009, State Bank of India, Branch Name Patna Secretariat Sinchai Bhawan, Branch Code153, IFSC Code-SBIN0000153. Taking into consideration the facts aforesaid and the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, 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 Additional District & Sessions Judge-IIcum-Special Judge, Excise Court No.1, Gopalganj in connection with Mohammadpur P.S. Case No.167 of 2021, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be own blood relative of the petitioner, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his

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(ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T