Ram Babu Ray @ Birwau @ Bhera v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 19592 of 2020 ======================================================

1. RAM BABU RAY, (male), S/o- Tribhuwan Ray, R/o village- Ram Nagar, P.S.- Chapra Muffasil, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate :

Mr.Santosh Kumar For the Opposite Party :

Ms.Anita Kumari Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-08-2020 Heard Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms. Anita Kumari Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State of Bihar.

This application for grant of regular bail arises out of Chapra (M) P.S. Case No. 532 of 2019 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272, 273 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner, stating therein that the petitioner has no concern with the land, from where the recovery of illicit liquor has been made. It is the case of the prosecution that forty liters of country

2/3 made liquor was recovered from the sahan of the house of the petitioner. The petitioner is in custody since 06.03.2020. Considering the quantity of liquor, said to have been recovered and the petitioner's plea that he has no concern with the place from where the recovery of illicit liquor has been made, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner, above named, 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 the learned A.D.J.-II-cum-Special Judge, Excise Act, Saran at Chapra in connection with Chapra (M) P.S. Case No. 532 of 2019.

It is indicated that defect, if any, shall be shall be removed within two months.

Since there is a lockdown, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt following procedure 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. (ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my e-mail I.D. to the Secretary, which

3/3 shall be treated to be the authentic copy of the order passed by this Court today in the present proceeding.

(iii) Hard copy of the order, duly signed by me, shall be preserved in my residential office for documentation and future use, if any.

(iv) Let a copy of the order be communicated to the learned court below through e-mail or any other appropriate electronic mode by the Registry.

Let steps be taken by the Registry for uploading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social-distancing.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) AKASH/- U T