Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24099 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2020 Thana- BAJPATTI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar Son of Ashok Sah Resident of Village - Madhuban Bazar, P.S. - Bajpatti, District - Sitamarhi.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Dilip Kumar No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 08-10-2020 The Court proceeding has been conducted through virtual mode.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
Since the court proceeding in physical mode is nonfunctional, due to present pandemic, COVID-19, the matter is listed with defects.
Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within three weeks of resumption of court proceeding in physical mode. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the bench.
The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24099 of 2020(2) dt.08-10-2020 2/3 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 as amended by Act 8 of 2018.
It is alleged that 60 litres of Nepali Saufi liquor were recovered from the bush near the cremation ghat. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the recovery has not been made from conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather the same has been made from the bush near the cremation ghat which is an open area. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been made accused in the present case on the basis of statement of some witnesses. A statement has been made in paragraph 3 of the petition that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent. The petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in Chief Minister Relief Fund, Bihar bearing Account No. 2065104000002257, IFSC IBKL0002065, IDBI Bank, Kidwaipuri Branch, Patna. Learned APP opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24099 of 2020(2) dt.08-10-2020 3/3 of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II -cum- Special Judge, Excise, Sitamarhi in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 97 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in Chief Minister Relief Fund.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) DKS/- U T