Sanjit Thakur @ Sanjit Kumar @ Sanjit Kumar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.48877 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-122 Year-2018 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Sanjit Thakur @ Sanjit Kumar @ Sanjit Kumar Thakur, s/o- Mahadev Thakur, r/o- village Chiutaha, P.s.- Ketwa, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Karandeep Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Aditya Narayan Singh 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 272, 273/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 351 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of disclosure made by the co-accused namely Md. Wazid. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48877 of 2018(2) dt.08-08-2018 2/2 351 liters wine is recovered from the open field. The field 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./complaint case. 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 Special Judge, Excise, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 122 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T