Govind Kumar @ Govind Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1173 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-405 Year-2019 Thana- NAANPUR District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Govind Kumar @ Govind Thakur S/O Late Sanjay Thakur Resident Of Village-Basua, P.S.-AURAI, District-Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Virendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashraf Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-07-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the Office, within a period of four weeks after restoration of normalcy.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 30, 30(a), 38(i) (ii) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 1718 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has transpired merely on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1173 of 2021(2) dt.20-07-2021 2/3 the basis of suspicion. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 1718 liters wine is recovered from a truck and a van. The truck and the van in question do not belong to the petitioner. 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 and also the lockdown, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on his personal bond to the satisfaction of learned A.D.J.-II-cumSpecial Judge, Excise, Sitamarhi in connection with Nanpur P.S. Case No. 405/19, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1173 of 2021(2) dt.20-07-2021 3/3 with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T