Rabindra Pal @ Ravindra Pal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23377 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-44 Year-2020 Thana- BARAULI District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Rabindra Pal @ Ravindra Pal Son of Darshan Pal Resident of Village - Rohara, P.S.- Barharia, District - Siwan ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Umesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-10-2020 Filing through e-mail of the present application has been accepted in view of the out-break of COVID-19 Pandemic and has been posted before me for hearing through video conferencing.

2.

The application is apparently not in accordance with the provisions prescribed under the Patna High Court Rules, which do not contemplate filing of application through e-mail. Inspite of that, considering the extra-ordinary situation, filing of the present application has been allowed through e-mail.

3.

Considering the situation prevailing, the Court has considered, for the present, to ignore the deficiency in filing of the application.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 5.

The petitioner has filed the present application under Sections 439 and 440 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of bail in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 44 of 2020 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

6.

Considering the allegation that the petitioner was intercepted while carrying over 600 litres of foreign liquor in his Bolero jeep, I am not inclined to grant him bail for the present. His prayer for bail is rejected.

7.

Since the court proceedings are being conducted through virtual mode and normal court functioning has not been restored till date, it is considered appropriate to adopt the following procedure for communication of the present order:- (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of proceeding of the virtual court, shall be communicated to me on my e-mail by the Senior Secretary.

(ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my e-mail id to the Senior

3/3 Secretary, which shall be treated to be an authentic copy of the order passed by this Court 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 sent to Mr.

Umesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner also on his e-mail.

(v) Let steps be taken by the Senior Secretary/registry for up-loading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social distancing.

kanchan/- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J) U T