Santosh Mallik v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No. 55430 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-519 Year-2017 Thana- Government Official Comp. DistrictSitamarhi ====================================================== Santosh Mallik, son of Sewak Mallik, resident of Village- Laptaha, P.S.- Parihar, District- Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Hans Lal Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. S.M. Rahman ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 17-11-2017 Heard Sri Hans Lal Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The sole petitioner, who is in custody since 20-09-2017 in Case No. C-2/519/17 registered for offence under Section 30(A) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, has prayed for grant of bail.

At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to statement made in paragraph - 3 of the petition to show that petitioner is having clean antecedent. It was further argued that on false accusation of recovery of about 18 liter of Nepali country-made liquor, the petitioner was arrested and he is languishing in jail.

Considering the nature of accusation, clean antecedent as

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55430 of 2017(2) dt.17-11-2017 2/2 well as period of custody, let the petitioner namely Santosh Mallik 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 A.D.J.-II-cum-Special Judge, Sitamarhi in connection with Case No. C-2/519/17. (Rakesh Kumar, J.) anay U T