Pritam Maurya @ Pritam Kumar @ Bittu Kushwaha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51854 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2024 Thana- ITARHI District- Buxar ====================================================== Pritam Maurya @ Pritam Kumar @ Bittu Kushwaha son of Bihari Singh Village- Itarhi PS- Itarhi Distt- Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ramakant Yadav For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Humayou Ahmad Khan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 30-07-2024 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Itarhi P.S. Case No. 97 of 2024 for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act 2018.

3. As per allegation, on a secret information, the informant along with police personnel reached the place of occurrence. On seeing the police, two persons tried to flee away but one Uday Pratap Maurya @ Rahul Kushwaha was apprehended and on search, 25 liters of english wine along with motorcycle was recovered from his possession.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51854 of 2024(2) dt.30-07-2024 2/2 this case. He has further submitted that the petitioner was not arrested at the spot. Nothing was recovered from his possession. He has also submitted that the petitioner is a person of clean antecedent and is under custody since 27.05.2024.

5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances as well as the clean antecedent of the petitioner, let the petitioner above-named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand rupees) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Excise Court No. 1 at Buxar in connection with Itarhi P.S. Case No. 97 of 2024, subject to the following conditions:- (i) The petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) Nirmal/- U T