Ravindra Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 18413 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-33 Year-2020 Thana- BELDOUR District- Khagaria ====================================================== RAVINDRA SHARMA, S/o Kailash Sharma, Resident of Village- Beldaur, P.S.- Beldaur, Distt- Khagaria.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Binod Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dilip Kumar No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 13-05-2020 This has been posted before me for hearing through video-conferencing, under the orders of Hon'ble the Chief Justice, in view of Nation passing through lockdown as an aftermath of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioners. There is recovery of 55 liters of Mahua wine from the motorcycle and the motorcycle does not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner is in jail custody since 26.02.2020. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 18413 of 2020(2) dt.13-05-2020 2/3 petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

Learned APP for the State opposed the bail petition. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees Three Thousand) in the PM Cares Fund, bearing Account No.2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID : pmcares@sbi.

Considering the facts aforesaid, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge (Excise), Khagaria, in connection with Beldaur P.S. Case No. 33/2020.

The bail bound of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of 3,000/- (Rupees Three Thousand) in the PM Cares fund. Since there is a lockdown, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt the following procedures for communication of the present order:- (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of the proceedings of virtual Court, shall be communicated to me on my e-mail I.D. by the Secretary.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 18413 of 2020(2) dt.13-05-2020 3/3 (ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be signed by me digitally and transmitted through my e-mail I.D. to Secretary for needful, which shall be treated to be authentic copy of the order passed by this Court today in the present proceeding. (iii) Hard copy of the order signed by me, shall be preserved in my residential office for documentation and for future use, if any.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) amitkumar/- U T