Hemant Kumar @ Chotu @ Chotu Kumar And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.34380 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -82 Year- 2017 Thana -SABAUR District- BHAGALPUR ======================================================

1. Hemant Kumar @ Chotu @ Chotu Kumar son of Wakil Mandal

2. Paro Mandal son of Late Kailash Mandal Both resident of VillageBahupur, P.S. Sabour, District Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s : Smt Renu Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 31-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner is languishing in custody since 05.05.2017 in connection with Sabour (Goradih) P.S. Case No. 82/17 for offences punishable under Section 30A of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

The prosecution case, as lodged by the police personnel, is that the petitioner along with one another was caught carrying 10 litres of foreign and country-made liquor. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is innocent, bears no criminal antecedent and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34380 of 2017 (2) dt.31-07-2017 2/2 nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession. However, learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances and the materials on record, let petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge (Excise), Bhagalpur, in connection with Sabour (Goradih) P.S. Case No. 82/17.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) Rajesh/- U T