Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31042 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-107 Year-2022 Thana- JAMHOR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== RANJAN KUMAR Son of Sikandar Kumar Resident of Village - Ghetra Muradpur , P.s.- Fesar, Distt.- Aurangabad.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Santosh Chandra Bhaskar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-11-2022 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered u/s 420 and 120B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 as amended by Amendment Act 8 of 2018. As per the prosecution case, on information the police reached the place of occurrence and found five miscreants unloading cartons from a truck and loading it in an Alto car. On seeing the police, all the miscreants started to flee away but one

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31042 of 2022(2) dt.16-11-2022 2/2 miscreant (petitioner) was apprehended by the police. On search, 164 cartons in which 4100 bottles (300 ml per bottle) country made liquor were recovered from the truck and 650 bottles kept in 26 cartons were recovered from the Alto car. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on mere suspicion. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 03.05.2022.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Aurangabad in connection with Jamhor P.S. Case No. 107 of 2022. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shobhakri/- U T