Harendra Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.19020 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -48 Year- 2016 Thana -NAUTAN DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ====================================================== Harendra Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Kalyan Shankar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections-467, 468, 471, 420, 307, 120-B, 414, 272 & 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section-47(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 3800 wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of disclosure made by the local residents. The name of local residents, who have named the petitioner, has not been disclosed by the prosecution. Except for

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19020 of 2018 (2) dt.02-04-2018 this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 3800 liters wine is recovered from the underground tank belonging to one Indrasan Sah. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr.P.C.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise, West Champaran, Bettiah in connection with Nautan (Jagdishpur) P.S. Case No. 48 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V./- U T