Deepak Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.20192 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No. -18 Year- 2017 Thana -GANGABRIDGE District- VAISHALI (HAJIPUR) ====================================================== Deepak Kumar, S/o Sri Gajadhar Sah @ Gajadhar Pd. Sah, R/o Saifpur Paya No. 1, P.S. Ganga Bridge, District - Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Jai Prakash Verma, Advocate For the State : APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 06-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is in custody since 20.02.2017 in connection with Gangabridge P.S. Case No. 18 of 2017 for the offences alleged under Sections 30(a) and 35(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. It is submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in connection with recovery of 1953 litres of foreign liquor from the container truck and in any event he has been sufficiently punished, having already suffered custody since 20.02.2017. The petitioner claims clean antecedents.

4. A perusal of the first information report, however, discloses that the petitioner accompanied the owner of the liquor, namely, Chhotan Rai on a motor-cycle for taking away the goods from the container truck which was meant for delivery to various liquor sellers for illegally marketing the goods.

5. Having regard to the nature of accusations and gravity of offence alleged and recovery of huge quantity of 1953 litres of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20192 of 2017 (3) dt.06-07-2017 2/2 foreign liquor, this Court is not inclined to grant the privilege of bail to the petitioner at this stage. The bail petition stands dismissed. (Vikash Jain, J) B.T/Ibrar U T