Vijay Pandey v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.71969 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-261 Year-2018 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Vijay Pandey, Son of Yogendra Narayan Pandey, Resident of VillageRajendranagar Paschimi Gorakhnath Gorakhpur Police Station- Gorakhpur District- Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh).
... ... 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. Sri Bharat Bhushan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 10-12-2018 Heard both sides.
Petitioner seeks bail in Manjhagarh P.S. Case No.261 of 2018 registered under Sections 30(a), 38 and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
The informant got information about carrying of liquor in a car and when the police officials tried to intercept the vehicle, the person who was on motorcycle managed to flee away. The driver of the car also tried to flee away but he was arrested on chase. 276 liters of liquor was recovered from the car.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has got no concern with the seized car and the liquor. Petitioner was arrested on wrong notion that he was driver of
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.71969 of 2018(2) dt.10-12-2018 2/2 the car. Petitioner is in jail since 02.09.2018 and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.
Considering the facts aforesaid and nature of allegation made against the petitioner and the fact that the petitioner is in jail for more than three months, petitioner, above named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District & Sessions JudgeII-cum-Special Judge Excise, Gopalganj in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No.261 of 2018.
(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) S.KUMAR/- U T