Vijay Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51198 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-281 Year-2023 Thana- BASANTPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.

VIJAY SINGH S/O PARMA SINGH R/O VILLAGE- BADI KANHAULI, P.S- BASANTPUR, DISTT.- SIWAN.

2.

MOHAN RAY S/O BIRENDRA RAY R/O VILLAGE- BANSOHI, P.SBASANTPUR, DISTT.- SIWAN. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bishweshwar Ram ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 11-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

3.

Altogether 105 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from two vehicles.

4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioners. They have no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. They

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51198 of 2023(2) dt.11-08-2023 2/3 have been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of their enemies. Petitioners have no concern with the alleged vehicles from which the recovery has been made. They were not apprehended on the spot and their names transpired in the case only on the basis of secret information. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

5.

Petitioners are agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Ten Thousand) each in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna. 6.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Basantpur P.S. Case No.281 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, with the following conditions:

(i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51198 of 2023(2) dt.11-08-2023 3/3 the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner. (ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse. 7.

The bail bond of the petitioners shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T