Ajeet Puri v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40983 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-91 Year-2023 Thana- DUMARIAGHAT District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ajeet Puri, Son Of Awadh Puri Resident Of Village Rampur Khajuriya, PsDumariyaghat, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Iftekhar Mahmood ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act, 2016.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 118.89 litres of liquor from an auto parked in the orchard of Rupesh Singh.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated by nearby people, but then the F.I.R. does not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40983 of 2023(2) dt.04-07-2023 2/2 disclose the name of the person, who disclosed the name of the petitioner. It is next submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the seized auto, nor the recovery is made from a place which belongs to him.

Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise Court No.2, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Dumariyaghat P. S. Case No.91 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T