Patna High CourtCR. MISC./69303/2021bail granted

Amresh Kumar @ Amresh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

2022-02-25Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69303 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-258 Year-2021 Thana- OBRA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Amresh Kumar @ Amresh Paswan S/O Mukhdeo Paswan R/O VillageManora, P.S.- Obra, District- Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Satyadeo Singh Yadav, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-02-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Obra P. S. Case No. 258 of 2021 registered under Section 30(C)(D) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 09.10.2021, he is a person with clean antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted in this case.

Allegation is of recovery of 4,000 empty bottles, 100 cap and 100 sticker from the pick-up van. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69303 of 2021(2) dt.25-02-2022 2/2 the petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the said vehicle. He was not aware what was loaded in the pick-up van. He had merely taken lift from the driver of the vehicle.

Learned APP for the State opposes the bail application.

Considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 09.10.2021, he is a person with clean antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted in this case, the petitioner above-named is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 2,000/- (two thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Serssions Judge II-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Aurangabad in connection with Obra P. S. Case No. 258 of 2021.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) shakir/- U