Vikki Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43639 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2021 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== VIKKI KUMAR S/o Birendra Rai @ Bhulawan Rai R/o Village - Belaka, P.S. - Vaishali, District - Nawada.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Pronoti Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-01-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Pronoti Singh, learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual court proceedings.

Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks after complete start of the physical Court. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 119 of 2021 instituted for the offences under Sections 272, 273, 467, 471, 468 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 30(a), 32, 33, 34 and 36 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 17.04.2021 and is a young boy of 19 years and, on account of prohibition, his entire career is in jeopardy as boy. He has been implicated in a case relating to excise when admittedly he is innocent. It is further submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43639 of 2021(2) dt.12-01-2022 2/2 the police received secret information that petitioner along with other named accused persons were indulging in manufacture of illegal liquor. Accordingly, the place was raided and allegation is of recovery of 88.125 litre of liquor from a place 100 yards north of the house of Gopal Rai.

Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that petitioner was not arrested from the place of occurrence and the police in similar manner implicates the petitioner by alleging that on secret information the name transpired.

Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

Considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 17.04.2021, charge-sheet has been submitted, he was not arrested from place of occurrence and is a young boy who has future ahead, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Excise Court, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 119 of 2021. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T