Pannalal Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36925 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2021 Thana- BANMANKHI District- Purnia ====================================================== PANNALAL MANDAL Son of Mahendra Mandal Resident of VillageDhokardhara, Ward No.08, P.S.- Banmankhi, District- Purnea. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Praveen Kumar Agrawal, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 21-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within three weeks. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272, 273/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather 793.45 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the half constructed house

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36925 of 2021(2) dt.21-12-2021 2/3 of the petitioner. He submits that during investigation no independent witnesses stated that this petitioner was selling illegal liquor. He further submits that petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature as stated in para-3 of the bail application.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 60,000.00 (Rupees Sixty Thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No. 1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Banmankhi P.S. Case No. 66 of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. and further conditions:

(I) that one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to who

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36925 of 2021(2) dt.21-12-2021 3/3 he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner. (II) that the bailor shall also stated on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of the aforesaid amount in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

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