Prem Kumar Kamti v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36613 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2022 Thana- BHAIRAVSHTHAN District- Madhubani ====================================================== PREM KUMAR KAMTI Son of Druv Kamti Resident of village- Atari Ward No.- 6, P.S.- Laukahi, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mrs. Namrata Mishra, Advocate Mr. Ratnakar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 22-09-2022 Heard Mrs. Namrata Mishra duly assisted by Mr. Ratnakar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
Let the defect(s), if any, as pointed out by the office be removed within four weeks.
The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with Bhairab Asthan P.S. Case No. 18 of 2022 for the offences under Sections 420, 419, 489(A), 489(B), 489(C) and 489(D)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the prosecution story, the informant upon secret information by the senior officials about the movement of the smugglers with counterfeit currency intercepted an auto where which one person, the petitioner herein was apprehended
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36613 of 2022(2) dt.22-09-2022 2/2 and it is alleged that from him Rs. 13,00,100/- of counterfeit currency was recovered. He subsequently gave the name of the accused persons, who escaped from the place of occurrence. Accordingly, the FIR was lodged after preparation of seizure list.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he do not have criminal antecedent and when the police intercepted the auto in the melee, he being a passer by was caught hold of and recovery has been attributed to him.
Per contra, learned APP for the State submits that it is a case of recovery of counterfeit currency to the tune of Rs.13,00,100/- and as such, the petitioner does not deserve bail. Taking into account the huge recovery amount of counterfeit currency which is affecting the economy of the country, this Court for the present is not inclined to grant him privilege of bail which is accordingly rejected. (Rajiv Roy, J) Jagdish/neha/- U T