Manoj Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.56424 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-345 Year-2017 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Manoj Sah S/o Baidyanath Sah, R/o Vill.- Kinaru Jamad, P.S.- Maniyari, Distt.- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Alok Kumar Alok For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 30(a), 32(2), 38 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 4131.360 liters 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 come on the disclosure of co-accused Dhirendra Kumar and Pappu Sah. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.56424 of 2018(2) dt.11-09-2018 2/2 petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 4131.360 liters wine is recovered from the truck and the car. None of the vehicles in question belongs 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./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 six 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 Act, Muzaffarpur in connection with Excise case No.345 of 2017, P.R. No.21/2017-18, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T