Akram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43576 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-245 Year-2019 Thana- SASARAM MUFFSIL District- Rohtas ====================================================== Akram S/O Tavarak R/O House No. 27, Sambhal Road, Dingarpur, P.SMainather, Distt.- Moradabad, State- Uttar Pradesh. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nikhil Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-07-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sasaram (Mufassil) P.S. Case No. 245 of 2019 dated 26.07.2019 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. As per the prosecution case, total 3110.4 litres of foreign liquor was recovered from a truck container. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43576 of 2023(2) dt.27-07-2023 2/2 case. The petitioner is the owner of the said vehicle and he has no knowledge of the said recovery. The said truck was not being driven by the petitioner at the time of alleged occurrence. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 24.05.2023. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sasaram (Mufassil) P.S. Case No. 245 of 2019.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T