Om Prakash Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.36830 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -171 Year- 2018 Thana -TURKAULIYA DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Om Prakash Sahani, son of Ashok Sahani, resident of Village- Chilwaniya, Ward No. 12, P.S.- Banjariya, District- East Champaran. .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Smt. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-07-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 272, 273, 290 of the IPC and 30(a), 38, 41, 37(b) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 17.280 liters wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 17.280 liters wine is recovered from

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36830 of 2018 (3) dt.09-07-2018 2/2 the abandoned shop in question. The name of the petitioner has come as the abandoned shop in question belongs to the petitioner. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. 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 or 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 the learned Special Judge, Excise Act, East Champaran, Motihari, in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No. 171 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K.