Raju Kumar Goswami v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.59025 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-290 Year-2018 Thana- RAMPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== Raju Kumar Goswami S/o Arjun Goswami, R/o Mohalla- Ekbal Nagar, Ramshila More, P.S.- Kotwali, District- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar No-2 For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Asharaf Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-09-2018 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 427.8 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 transpired as the petitioner is owner of the vehicle in question from where the recovery is said to have been made. The said vehicle was run as public carrier by the driver of the petitioner. The petitioner had

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.59025 of 2018(2) dt.27-09-2018 2/2 no knowledge regarding the nature of goods booked by the transporter. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 427.8 liters wine is recovered from the vehicle in question. 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, Gaya in connection with Rampur P.S. Case No. 290/2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T