Santosh Chouhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63747 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-238 Year-2021 Thana- MAIRWAN District- Siwan ====================================================== SANTOSH CHOUHAN Son of Rambilash Chauhan Resident of Village - Sumerpur, P.O.- Bisunpura Bazar, P.S.- Mairwa, District - Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Md. Anbzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 18-04-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

As per the prosecution case, on their vehicle being stopped for search, it is stated that the three accused persons including the petitioner herein made an attempt to escape but were caught and 492.48 litres of liquor was recovered from the vehicle.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. No such occurrence as alleged has taken place. The petitioner refusing to cooperate with the police authorities by becoming their informer, the police authorities are implicating him in one

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63747 of 2021(2) dt.18-04-2022 2/2 case after the other. He is in custody since 19.8.2021 and chargesheet has been submitted in the case.

Heard learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts of the case, the petitioner having been arrested at the spot with liquor and in view of the antecedents of the petitioner under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, the Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and the application is rejected. Liberty is granted to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after completing one year in custody. (Partha Sarthy, J) Spd/- U T