Patna High CourtCR. MISC./37732/2023bail granted

Vishal Singh @ Vishal Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2023-06-28Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37732 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-106 Year-2023 Thana- NAVINAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== VISHAL SINGH @ VISHAL KUMAR SINGH S/O RAM NATH SINGH R/O Village- Basdiha, PS. Hussainabad, Dist. Palamu (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bhaskar Shankar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pushpa Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-06-2023 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 A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Nabinagar P.S. Case No. 106 of 2023 dated 14.3.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. As per the prosecution case, 207.360 litres of liquor is alleged to have recovered from a Bolero vehicle. The petitioner with other co-accused persons was apprehended on the spot.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37732 of 2023(2) dt.28-06-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not the owner of the vehicle. The petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 15.3.2023. Learned A.P.P. 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 Court concerned, Aurangabad in connection with Nabinagar P.S. Case No. 106 of 2023.

The application stands allowed.

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