Mohan Singh @ Mohan Singh Bhokta v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42660 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2022 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== MOHAN SINGH @ MOHAN SINGH BHOKTA Son of Late Ramkishun Singh Bhokta Resident of Village - Bighi Tola Manfar, P.S.- Barachatty, District - Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Prithivi Raj Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-02-2023 Heard both sides.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Barachatty P.S. Case No.66 of 2022, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(b), 18 and 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act.
As per the prosecution case, the petitioner alongwith the co-accused persons were alleged to have engaged in cultivation of opium on the land of forest measuring 7.60 acres and private land measuring 3.46 acres.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail petition.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42660 of 2022(5) dt.22-02-2023 2/2 It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons have been enlarged on anticipatory bail by a co-ordiante Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.02.2023, passed in Cr. Misc. No.53273 of 2022.
Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Considering the nature of offence, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is hereby rejected.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T