Pramod Kumar Sahni @ Pramod Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56378 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2022 Thana- KURSAILA District- Katihar ====================================================== Pramod Kumar Sahni @ Pramod Kumar, Son Of Upendra Sahni R/O - Kursela Chowk, P.S.- Kursela, Distt.- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Meena Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Excise Act.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 224.81 litres of liquor from a car container. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted that the petitioner is neither the owner, nor the driver of the alleged vehicle and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Salman Khan in police custody which

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56378 of 2022(2) dt.04-11-2022 2/2 does not have any evidentiary value.

Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Kursela P. S. Case No.146 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T