Anurag Aman v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34828 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2023 Thana- SANOKHAR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== ANURAG AMAN S/o- SANJEEV KUMAR @ SANJEEV KUMAR PASWAN Village- Zeromile Ps- Zeromile Dist- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajive Ranjan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-05-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sanokhar (Amdanda) P.S. Case No. 20 of 2023 dated 20.01.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2018.

As per the prosecution case, total 46.125 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from the motorcycle. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34828 of 2023(2) dt.25-05-2023 2/2 the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made from motorcycle. The said motorcycle does not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 21.01.2023.

Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court-I, Bhagalpur in connection with Sanokhar (Amdanda) P.S. Case No. 20 of 2023.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Ajay Singh/ Kaushik/- U T