Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Shahi @ Pankaj Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35974 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-22 Year-2019 Thana- HATHAURI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Shahi @ Pankaj Sahni, S/o Late Devendra Shahi, R/o Village- Rampur South, P.S.- Hathauri, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shyam Kumar Singh, APP-138 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 04-06-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 38(i) (ii) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

From the Pick-up van of the petitioner huge quantity of foreign liquor was recovered.

Submission is that petitioner had no knowledge that what the driver was carrying in the said commercial vehicle. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. Petitioner is in custody since 07.05.2019.

Considering the entire facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail after completion of the investigation on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35974 of 2019(2) dt.04-06-2019 2/2 Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned court below where the case is pending in connection with Hathauri Police Station Case No. 22 of 2019 (G.R. No.297 of 2019) subject to condition that both the bailors shall be resident of within the territorial jurisdiction of the learned court below and the petitioner shall fully co-operate with the investigation/trial of the case, failing which the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner. (Birendra Kumar, J) sunil/- U T