Ujagar Rai And ANR. v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.4332 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -22 Year- 2015 Thana -GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. DistrictVAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ======================================================

1. Ujagar Rai Son of Late Dhannu Rai

2. Sunil Rai @ Sunil Kumar Son of Ujagar Rai .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Gulnar Begum (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-02-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under section 47a of the Excise Act.

105 litres of country made liquor was recovered from the hutment of the petitioners.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that seizure was made on 20.03.2015 whereas the seizure report was transmitted to the learned court below on 20.05.2015. Moreover, there is nothing on record to suggest that the hutment from where the recovery has been made belonging to the petitioners.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4332 of 2016 (2) dt.01-02-2016 2/2 Delayed transmission of the seizure report to the learned court below may constitute ground for consideration of prayer for regular bail.

Let the learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No.C2a-22/2015, pending before the learned CJM, Hajipur. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T