Jagarnath Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.22614 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -274 Year- 2015 Thana -MOTIPUR District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Jagarnath Mahto S/o Late Durga Mahto Resident of VillageMahwal, P.S.-Motipur, Dist- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Murlidhar (APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAVANITI PRASAD SINGH ORAL ORDER 2.

25-05-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in relation to Motipur P.S. Case No. 274 of 2015 registered under Sections 47(A) of the Excise Act. The date of occurrence is 02.10.2015, the time of State Assembly Election. It is alleged that from the custody of petitioner substantial amount of unripe spirit was recovered. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that as per the First Information Report itself there was no recovery from conscious possession of the petitioner.

Be that as it may, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within four weeks, let the petitioner, namely, Jagarnath Mahto, be enlarged

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22614 of 2016 (2) dt.25-05-2016 2 / 2 on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Motipur P.S. Case No. 274 of 2015, subject to conditions laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.) Rajeev/- U T