Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Sah And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.46250 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -530 Year- 2016 Thana -KATIHAR District- KATIHAR ======================================================

1. Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Sah , son of Badri Sah, resident of Dighi Katihar, P.S. Katihar Moffasil, District- Katihar

2. Amit Kumar @ Navin Kumar Mishra @ Buchu son of Ishwar Dev Mishra, R/o Sauria, P.S. Danakhora, District- Katihar .... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Mustaque Alam ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 25-10-2016 Heard Sri Sanjeev Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Mustaque Alam, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor.

Two petitioners, who are in custody since 13.08.2016 in Katihar Town P.S. Case No.530/16 registered for the offence under Sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 47(a) of the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016, have prayed for grant of bail.

It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners were passengers in a tempo, which was intercepted by the police and from the said tempo, huge quantity of Indian Make foreign liquor was recovered. By way of referring to the statement made in paragraph-3 of the petition, it

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46250 of 2016 (3) dt.25-10-2016 2/2 was submitted that the petitioners are having clean antecedent. Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.

However, keeping in view the nature of accusation, period of custody as well as clean antecedent of the petitioners, let both the petitioners, namely, (i) Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Sah and (ii) Amit Kumar @ Navin Kumar Mishra @ Buchu , be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-( ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Katihar Town P.S. Case No.530/16. (Rakesh Kumar, J) NKS/- U T