Harendra Singh And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.50373 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -162 Year- 2018 Thana -BAIKUNTHPUR District- GOPALGANJ ======================================================

1. Harendra Singh, S/O Late Shiv Jee Singh, R/V-Sirsa Puran Tola, P.S. Baikunthpur, District-Gopalganj.

2. Rajeshwar Rai, S/O Late Banka Rai, R/V-Sirsa Saida, P.S. Baikunthpur, District-Gopalganj.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Harendra Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 420/34 of the IPC, 30(a) and 41(i)(ii) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 1503.04 liters wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 1503.04 liters wine is recovered from the Truck, Pick-up Van and Motorcycle in

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50373 of 2018 (2) dt.16-08-2018 2/2 question. None of the vehicles belongs to the petitioners. The name of the petitioners has come on the basis of disclosure made by co-accused Gopal Sharma. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioners in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners 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 petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Gopalganj, in connection with Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 162 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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