Santosh Kumar Singh @ Lalu @ Santosh Kr. Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.23820 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -128 Year- 2016 Thana -GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. DistrictVAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Singh @ Lalu @ Santosh Kr. Singh, son of Abdheshwar Singh @ Avadheshar Singh, resident of village Asoi Tola Chakmua, P.S. Bhagwanpur, District Vaishali .... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manish Chandra Gandhi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anand Mohan Prasad Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 19-05-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

This is an application for bail in connection with C2 A- 128 of 2016 registered for the offences punishable under Section 47(a) of Excise Act.

Allegation against the petitioner is of recovery of 46 litres of country made liquor from his shop.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case and he is in custody for one and half months having no criminal antecedent. Heard learned APP also.

Having heard both sides and considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23820 of 2017 (2) dt.19-05-2017 2/2 twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge-II, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with C2A- 128 of 2016, subject to the conditions that :- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable properties within the jurisdiction of the concerned Court.

(ii) The petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court and on the event of failure on his part to appear before the court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reason, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) spal/- U