Mohanlal Sah @ Mohan Lal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.60281 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -15 Year- 2016 Thana -JADOPUR District- GOPALGANJ ======================================================

1. Mohanlal Sah @ Mohan Lal Kumar, Son of Sri Indrashan Sah, Resident of Village-Jhakhara, Police Station-Nautan (Jagdishpur), District-West Champaran at Bettiah.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vibhakar Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-12-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case instituted under Sections 272, 273, 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 47(A) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that 800 litres of spirit is said to have been recovered from a pick up van. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. It is alleged that 800 litres of liquor is recovered from a pick up van in question, which was being driven by the driver namely Hasmuddin. The said van is used as a public carrier by the petitioner. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.60281 of 2017 (2) dt.13-12-2017 2/2 the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of section 100 of the Cr.P.C.

On behalf of the state, it has been submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Yadopur P.S. Case No.15/2016, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Gopalganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Amit/- U T