Mahendra Sah @ Mahendra Soni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.47425 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-271 Year-2018 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Mahendra Sah @ Mahendra Soni S/o- Chhotan Sah, resident of VillageKalyanpur, P.S.- Bihiya, District- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravindra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 54.030 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has come on the disclosure of co-accused Pankaj Singh. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 54.030 liters wine is recovered from the tempo.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47425 of 2018(2) dt.03-08-2018 2/2 The tempo in question does not belong to the petitioner. 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.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/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 learned Additional District and Sessions Judge IVth-cum-Special Judge (Excise), Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Excise case No.855 of 2018 arising out of Ara Town P.S. case No.271 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T