Sunil Rajvanshi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35397 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-170 Year-2020 Thana- NARHATT District- Nawada ====================================================== SUNIL RAJVANSHI Son of Bhola Rajvanshi Resident of Village - and P.O.- Chhota Shekhapura, P.S.- Narhat, Distt.- Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Hans Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 22-12-2020 Heard Mr. Hans Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State through video conferencing.

Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Narhat P.S. Case No. 170 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

The allegation as per the First Information Report is that 70 litres of illicit Mahua liquor has been recovered from the house of the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he has falsely been implicated in this case with oblique motive. Learned counsel

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35397 of 2020(2) dt.22-12-2020 2/2 further submits that the illicit Mahua liquor has been recovered from the joint house of the petitioner in which the other cosharers also reside. Learned counsel also submits that the petitioner is in custody since 21.07.2020 and charge sheet has already been submitted against him.

Having regard to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the materials on record, the fact that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he is in custody since 21.7.2020 as well as the charge sheet has already been submitted, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be released on regular bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.D.J. IInd cum Special Judge, Nawada, in connection with Narhat P.S. Case No. 170 of 2020. It is made clear that at the time of furnishing bail bonds all the parties shall follow the guidelines regarding social distancing.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) S.Ali/- U T