Pintu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7530 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-973 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Pintu Kumar, S/o Pramod Prasad Resident of Village-Itawan, P.S.-Haspura, District-Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amit Anand For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-05-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defect(s), 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(a), (c) & (d) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 653.25 liters wine and 80 litres of spirit 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7530 of 2021(2) dt.25-05-2021 2/3 petitioner. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case on the basis of disclosure made by local residents. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 653.25 liters wine and 80 litres of spirit is recovered from an abandoned house, in question. The abandoned house, in question does 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.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and also the lockdown, 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 his personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Special Judge, Excise Act, Aurangabad in connection with Excise Case No. 973 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7530 of 2021(2) dt.25-05-2021 3/3 Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V.//- U T