Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41086 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-93 Year-2023 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== MANOJ SINGH @ MANOJ KUMAR SINGH S/O RAM BAHAR SINGH R/O Ward No. 8, Belha, P.S. Fulparash, Dist. Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Pushpa Sinha.1, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 09-01-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273, 419, 420, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a), 32 (I)(II), 41 (I) (II) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2018.
3. Allegedly, 781.455 litres of illicit liquor has been recovered from the seized truck. Three accused persons were apprehended on the spot.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner and his house. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or place of recovery or
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41086 of 2023(3) dt.09-01-2024 2/3 any trade of liquor. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. He has no concern with the seized truck. He was not apprehended on the spot. He had not consumed liquor. There is nothing on record to indicate the complicity of the petitioner barring the confessional statement of the apprehended persons which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 5,000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) in account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, bearing Account No.3332964762, IFSC Code: CBIN0282779, MICR Code: 800016018, Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch, Patna.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 93 of 2023, subject
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41086 of 2023(3) dt.09-01-2024 3/3 to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, subject to the further conditions that
(1) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife.
(2) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial.
7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T