Sitaram Rai @ Sitaram Yadav @ Baba @ Str v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60620 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-197 Year-2020 Thana- MANSI District- Khagaria ====================================================== SITARAM RAI @ SITARAM YADAV @ BABA @ STR SON OF TRIVENI RAI RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - KODAR KATA, P.S. - MOTIPUR, DISTRICT - MUZAFFARPUR ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Murlidhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 12-09-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, there has been recovery of 1332 of liters of foreign liquor from a truck.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He has committed no offence. Petitioner has not apprehended on spot. He submitted that the petitioner has no concern either with the seized vehicle or with the wine in question. He submitted that one co-accused namely, Rameshwar Prasad Yadav, who
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60620 of 2023(2) dt.12-09-2023 2/2 apprehended on spot and on his confessional statement the name of the petitioner has come into light. Petitioner is remanded in this case on 28.06.2023 and since then he is languishing in judicial custody.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below in connection with Mansi P.S. Case No. 197 of 2020.
(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) arish/- U