Jagjivan Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26178 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-220 Year-2021 Thana- RAGHUNATHPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== JAGJIVAN RAM SON OF SAGAR RAM R/O VILLAGE- HARPUR, P.S.- RAGHUNATHPUR, DISTRICT- SIWAN, BIHAR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Yashraj Bardhan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 26-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual Court proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within four weeks of resumption of normal court proceedings. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, office will place the matter before the Bench. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable 30(A) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

Altogether 75 liters of country made liquor is said to have been recovered from the northern side (varandah) of house of the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26178 of 2022(2) dt.26-08-2022 2/2 in the FIR. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. His name transpired in the case on the basis of secret information. Petitioner has neither been apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. Petitioner has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. The said house is a joint property which is owned by all the brothers of the petitioner. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature, as also mentioned in para-3 of this application. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of bail.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, since the recovery has been made from the house of the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge him on bail. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on his behalf is hereby rejected. Accordingly, this application is dismissed.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T