Ranjeet Kumar Chauhan @ Ranjeet Chauhan @ Ranjit Kumar Chauhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.15568 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -728 Year- 2016 Thana -NAWADA District- NAWADA ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Chauhan @ Ranjeet Chauhan @ Ranjit Kumar Chauhan, S/o Ramanuj Sharma, Resident of Village- Neya, P.S.- Moffasil, Distt.- Nawada. At present Mohalla- New Area, Near Surya Mandir, Police Station- Town, P.S. Nawada.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Smt. Gulnar Begam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 12-04-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 27/12/2017 in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 728/2016 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case is that the petitioner along with two others was apprehended by the police and in the Bolero vehicle 1800 pouches of country-made liquor each containing 200 ml was recovered. The said Bolero vehicle was being driven by one Pintu Kumar and the petitioner was sitting in the vehicle.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15568 of 2017 (2) dt.12-04-2017 2/2 It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the aforesaid case as he was only a passenger and neither the driver nor the owner of the said vehicle. It is submitted that the two persons, who were apprehended along with the petitioner, have since been granted the privilege of bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 14192 of 2017 and another analogous case on 07.04.2017.

However, learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances and the materials on record, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 728/16, subject to the condition that one of the sureties will be by a close relative of the petitioner, who will file an affidavit showing his relationship with the petitioner.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) Rajesh/- U T