Ram Babu Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.186 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-249 Year-2018 Thana- DUMRA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Ram Babu Sah, son of Late Ram Jivan Sah, Resident of Village Dhobauli, P.S. Dumra, Dist. Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pushpendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 11-01-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

In this case, the petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dumra P.S. Case No. 249 of 2018 registered for offences under sections 272, 273 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(A) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. As per allegation, from the grocery shop, which is registered in the name of the present petitioner and run by his son, 475 ml of illegal liquor has been recovered. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had no knowledge about the illegal liquor being kept in his shop by his son and, thus, he cannot be attributed for any allegation with regard to illegality in running the grocery shop. Looking to the entire facts and circumstances of the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.186 of 2019(26) dt.11-01-2019 2/2 case, let the petitioner, namely, Ram Babu Sah, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, 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 learned Additional District Judge II cum Special Judge, Excise Act, Sitamarhi in connection with Dumra P.S. Case No. 249 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. as also subject to condition that whenever the police will call the petitioner for investigation/interrogation, he will remain present and if he would not present himself, the privilege of grant of anticipatory bail shall be deemed to have been canceled.

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