Rinku Ji @ Som Dutt v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65753 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-140 Year-2021 Thana- KUCHAIKOTE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== RINKU JI @ SOM DUTT Son of Ram Singh R/o House No.- 5, Gali No.- 3, Saini Colony, Industrial Area, P.S.- Sadar, District - Panipat, Haryana ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sumit Shekhar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dashrath Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-05-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within four weeks. In the eventuality of nonremoval of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather 2684.250 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a Tata Tanker. The petitioner is the owner of the said Tanker.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65753 of 2021(2) dt.20-05-2022 2/3 Petitioner has no concern either with the seized liquor or the place of recovery or any trade of liquor. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of the police. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5,00,000.00 (Rupees Five Lakhs) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of two months from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Kuchaikot P.S. Case No. 140/2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, subject to the further conditions that

(1) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65753 of 2021(2) dt.20-05-2022 3/3 preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife.

(2) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.5,00,000.00 (Rupees Five Lakhs) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T