Alok Thakur @ Alok Kumar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52370 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-476 Year-2019 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- East Champaran ====================================================== Alok Thakur @ Alok Kumar Thakur, Son of Shivakant Thakur, Resident of Village - Sarotar, P.S.- Dumariyaghat, District - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Shakir Ahmad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 22-08-2019 This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Excise Case No. 476 of 2019, disclosing offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
Allegation of recovery of 660.960 liters of foreign liquor from a School and the local persons have disclosed that the petitioner is the owner of those seized liquor. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that it is not the case of the recovery of any article from his possession or from his house, rather from a School and the name of the witnesses has not bee mentioned in the report. Further submission is that he has no criminal antecedent. Heard learned A.P.P. also who has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail stating that the local villagers have
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52370 of 2019(2) dt.22-08-2019 2/2 disclosed the name of the petitioner.
Having heard both sides, in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, I am not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, however, the petitioner may move before the learned court below for regular bail, which will be considered by the learned court below on it s own, without being prejudiced by order of this Court, and if possible, be disposed of on the same day.
With the aforesaid, this application is dismissed. (Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) Sunil Shukla/- U T