Sanjay Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68784 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-247 Year-2022 Thana- GUTHANI District- Siwan ====================================================== SANJAY SAHNI Son of Charitra Sahni Resident of Village- Jagdishpur, P.S.- Manigachhi, District- Darbhanga.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Girish Chandra Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Meena Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 16-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

Total 2086.200 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from a Scorpio vehicle as also from a truck. From the Scorpio vehicle, 172.800 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is submitted that the drivers of the said vehicle

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68784 of 2022(2) dt.16-12-2022 2/3 were apprehended at the spot. Petitioner is the owner of the said Scorpio vehicle. It is further submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 40,000/- (rupees fourty thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge-I, (Excise), Siwan in connection with Guthani P.S. Case No.247 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68784 of 2022(2) dt.16-12-2022 3/3 similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T