Lalu Singh @ Dhananjay Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56857 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-212 Year-2024 Thana- SISWAN District- Siwan ====================================================== Lalu Singh @ Dhananjay Singh S/O Siyaram Singh R/O Village- Siswan, P.SSiswan, Distt.- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Brajesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Pushpa Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-09-2024 1.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2.
The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of five cases and allegation is of recovery of 442 litres of liquor from a boat. 4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized boat and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Om Prakash and Guddu in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56857 of 2024(3) dt.20-09-2024 2/2 submitted that petitioner is in custody since 25-6-2024. 5.
Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6.
Considering the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Siswan P.S. Case No. 212 of 2024.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T