Pradeep Singh @ Pradeep Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.63691 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-181 Year-2017 Thana- SIWAN MUFFASIL District- Siwan ====================================================== Pradeep Singh @ Pradeep Rai, S/o- Shankar Singh, resident of VillageBhantapokhar, P.S.- Siwan Muffasil, District- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prabhakar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. DASHRATH MEHTA ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 272, 273, 308, 420 of the I.P.C. and Section 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The Prosecution case, in short, is that 95 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has come on the basis of secret information as per F.I.R. The source and genuineness of the secret information has not been disclosed by the prosecution. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 95

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.63691 of 2017(2) dt.09-01-2018 2/2 liters wine is recovered from the open field in abandoned stage. The field in question does not belong to the petitioner. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr.P.C. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge IInd, Siwan in connection with Siwan Muffasil P.S. case No.181 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T