Birma Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45891 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-356 Year-2018 Thana- TEGHRHA District- Begusarai ====================================================== 1.

BIRMA RAM, Son of Hanuman Prasad, Resident of Village- Rampura, Ward No. 9, Kishangarh, P.S.- Renwal, District- Jaipur (Rajasthan). 2.

Mangalchand @ Mangal @ Mangal Chand Jat, Son of Govind Ram, Resident of Village- Rampura, Ward No. 9, Kishangarh, P.S.- Tenwal, District- Jaipur (Rajasthan).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bipin Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 2/ 24-07-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

Petitioners seek bail in Teghra P.S. Case No.356 of 2018 instituted for the offence under Section(s) 30(A)(b) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, pending in the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge II cum Special Judge, Excise Act, Begusarai.

It is alleged in the written report that informant and other police officers reached at the house of Sanjeev Kumar Singh @ Sanjeev Ranjan. Three persons, who were inside the house, started running away. The informant entered into the house and found a truck standing. Driver and cleaner of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45891 of 2019(2) dt.24-07-2019 2/2 trucks were helping to unload the cartons of foreign liquor. The informant apprehended them. They disclosed their names as petitioners. The police searched the aforesaid truck and recovered total 5896.100 litres foreign liquor and arrested the petitioners and other persons, who were present in the house. In this manner, huge quantity of foreign liquor has been recovered from truck of which petitioners were driver and cleaner.

In such circumstances, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail.

Prayer of the petitioners for grant of bail is rejected at this stage.

The trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and make all efforts to conclude the same as early as possible, preferably, within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

Liberty is given to the petitioners to renew their prayer for bail after six months, if no substantive progress is made in the trial.

(Sanjay Priya, J) J. Alam/- U T