Rajesh Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62302 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-39 Year-2021 Thana- PIPRA District- East Champaran ====================================================== RAJESH SINGH Son of Ram Naresh Singh Resident of Village- Jamuniya, P.S.- Pipra, District- East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 23-05-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 39 of 2021 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 and Section 30(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The allegation, as per the First Information Report, is that the Police intercepted a truck and recovered a total quantity of 5869.44 litres of foreign liquor from the same. However, the accused persons succeeded in fleeing away.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and he has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of information received by the informant that the petitioner has brought the consignment of illicit liquor. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62302 of 2021(2) dt.23-05-2022 2/2 neither the owner nor the driver of the truck and he is in custody since 27.6.2021 having clean antecedent.

Regards being had to the submission made by the parties and taking into consideration the materials on record, the fact that petitioner is in custody since 27.6.2021 having no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood that the petitioner will abscond or tamper with the evidences if he is released on bail, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be released on regular bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge 2nd cum Special Judge, Excise, East Champaran, Motihari, in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 39/2021.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) S.Ali/- U T