Ranveer Kumar @ Ranveer v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37015 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-358 Year-2019 Thana- BAKHTIYARPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Ranveer Kumar @ Ranveer S/O Vijay Ray @ Vijay Yadav @ Vijay Prasad R/O Village- Naya Tola, Delaur, P.S.- Bakhtiyarpur, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jitendra Narain Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pancha Nand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-10-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the Office, within a period of eight weeks.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 855.360 liters 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. It is alleged that 855.360 liters wine is recovered from pick up van. The petitioner is not the owner of the pick up van. The informant claims to have

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37015 of 2021(2) dt.07-10-2021 2/2 identified the petitioner at the time of occurrence. It has been submitted that the petitioner is not known to the informant nor the informant is known to the petitioner. Hence, the question of identification of petitioner by the informant itself is doubtful. 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./complaint case.

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 twelve 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, Patna in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 358 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T