Laxman Bhagat @ Laxman Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22341 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-70 Year-2021 Thana- MUSAHARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== LAXMAN BHAGAT @ LAXMAN KUMAR S/o Kailash Bhagat R/o VillDwarika Nagar, P.S.- Musahari, Dist- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajeev Ranjan No.Ii For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Khurshid Anwar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 22-07-2022 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State through virtual Court proceedings.

Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks from today.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Musahari P.S. Case No. 70 of 2021 registered for the offence under Sections 272, 273 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018. The accused/petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and is in custody since 12.02.2022.

The allegation against the petitioner is to be engaged in illegal trade of illicit liquor, where, there is recovery of 51.84 litres of illicit IMFL.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22341 of 2022(2) dt.22-07-2022 2/3 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that recovery has been made from jointly occupied car, as such, it cannot be said that the alleged recovery has been made from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. It has further been submitted that name of the petitioner surfaced on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused, namely, Naveen Kumar, who has already been granted bail by one of the learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court through Cr. Misc. No. 37849 of 2021 dated 31.12.2021. It has further been submitted that petitioner is a man of clean antecedent. While concluding the argument, it has been submitted that investigation has been completed, for which, charge-sheet has already been submitted in this case, as such, there is no chance of tampering with the evidence.

Learned APP, while opposing the prayer of bail, fairly conceded the fact that recovery was made from jointly occupied car.

Considering the facts and circumstances as mentioned above, as the alleged recovery has not been made from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner, who is a man of clean antecedent coupled with the fact that charge-sheet has already been submitted, let the petitioner, above named, is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22341 of 2022(2) dt.22-07-2022 3/3 directed to be released on bail in connection with Musahari P.S. Case No. 70 of 2021 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 1, Muzaffarpur/concerned court, subject to the following conditions:

"(i)Accused/Petitioner shall cooperate in the trial and shall be physically present on each and every date before the Trial Court till conclusion of the trial and exemption from physical appearance be allowed by the Trial Court, only on medical ground of the petitioner duly supported by the documents.

(iii) That one of the bailors shall be Vindevasni Devi, who is the mother of the petitioner and deponent of the present bail petition."

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) S.Katyayan/- U T