Hira Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39771 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-163 Year-2020 Thana- KHODAWANDPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== HIRA SAHANI, aged about 42 years, Gender-Male, S/o Late Ganpat Sahani, R/o Village- Narayan Pipar, P.S. Khodawandpur ( Chhaurahi O.P) DistrictBegusarai. ... ... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Bhola Kumar, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr. A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-04-2021 Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through Virtual mode.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 272, 273, 120(B) of the I.P.C. and 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 1978.17 liters wine is said to have been recovered from the hut in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39771 of 2020(2) dt.16-04-2021 2/3 question.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. It is alleged that total 1978.17 liters wine is recovered from the hut in question. The hut in question does not belong to the petitioner. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R./Complaint Case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise, Begusarai, in connection with Khodawandpur (Chhaurahi O.P.) P.S. Case No.

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(Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T