Sanni Kumar @ Sunny Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59960 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2021 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- West Champaran ====================================================== Sanni Kumar @ Sunny Kumar S/O Birendra Prasad R/O Village-Lal Bazar Noniya Toli, Bettiah, Police Station- Bettiah Town, District-West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Brij Kishor Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Arvind Kumar Pandey (App. 84) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-12-2021 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 eight weeks.

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

The prosecution case, in short, is that 720 ml. 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 as being owner of the motorcycle in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59960 of 2021(2) dt.10-12-2021 2/2 question. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 720 ml. wine is recovered from the motorcycle. The said motorcycle was given by the petitioner to his co-villager for his personal use. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the nature of goods kept in the motorcycle. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. 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, let 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 furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Bettiah Excise P.S. Case No. 34 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T