Prem Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40229 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-110 Year-2013 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Prem Patel, aged about 46 years, Male, Son of Anandi Rai, Resident of Village - Piroi, P.S.- Goraul, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Tiwary, 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 of the I.P.C. and 47(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 221.850 liters wine is said to have been recovered from the Shop in question.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 221.850 liters wine is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40229 of 2020(2) dt.16-04-2021 2/2 recovered from the shop in question. 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 Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Excise Court, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 110 of 2013, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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