Ranjit Kamat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.39889 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -74 Year- 2018 Thana -LAKHNAUR District- MADHUBANI ====================================================== Ranjit Kamat, Son of Ganpat Kamat @ Ganpati Kamat, resident of village - Bhit Bhagwanpur, P.S. Madhepur, District - Madhubani. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti and Nitu Kumari No. `1, Advocates.

For the Opposite Party : Smt. Pronati Singh APP 44 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-07-2018 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 of the IPC and 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 150 ML 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 150 ML wine is recovered from the motorcycle in question. The motorcycle in question does not belong to the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has come on

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39889 of 2018 (2) dt.12-07-2018 2/2 the basis of disclosure made by the co-accused Vijay Kumar Kamat and Shankar Kumar Kamat. 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 Additional District and Sessions Judge-IInd-Cum-Special Judge, Excise Act, Madhubani, in connection with Lakhanpur P.S. Case No. 74 of 2018, corresponding to G. R. No. 619 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./AbhijeetU T