Kunal Kumar @ Kunal Kr Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18903 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2020 Thana- LAXMIPUR District- Jamui ====================================================== KUNAL KUMAR @ KUNAL KR JHA Son of Pawan Jha @ Pawan Kumar Jha Resident of Village - Kharhua, P.S.- Khaira, District - Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Satya Prakash Parasar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Aslam Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 12-06-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State, through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Laxmipur (Gidhour) P.S. Case No. 74 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under sections 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code and section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

As per allegation in the FIR, on receiving secret information about three persons making a plan of selling liquor, the police personnel reached there. Seeing the police personnel, the accused persons attempted to escape but one of them namely, Kunal Kumar Jha, the petitioner herein was caught and disclosed the names of the two persons, who managed to escape. It is stated that 52.2. litres of IMFL was recovered.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18903 of 2020(3) dt.12-06-2020 2/2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegation of recovery of liquor from the possession of the petitioner is false and concocted. Neither the motorcycle nor the seized liquor belongs to the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 29.02.2020. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts of the case including the petitioner having no criminal antecedent and the investigation in the case having concluded, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Laxmipur (Gidhour) P.S. Case No. 74 of 2020 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 2nd, Jamui.

(Partha Sarthy, J) sushma/- U T