Ranjeet Kumar Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.68487 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-514 Year-2018 Thana- NARPATGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Mehta, S/o Siya Lal Mehta, Resident of Village- Gokhalpur, P.S.- K. Nagar, District- Purnea.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Mritunjay Kumar Nirala ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 30-11-2018 Heard the parties.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Narpatganj P.S.Cae No.514 of 2018 dated 27.8.2018 Special Case No.1010 of 2018 registered for offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 37(d) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Allegation against the petitioner is about recovery of 15 ltrs. of liquor from the house of the accused persons and the petitioner and other accused persons were arrested from there. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession or from his house and he was present there, he has been made accused but he has no criminal antecedent and he is in custody for about three months.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.68487 of 2018(2) dt.30-11-2018 2/3 Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Araria in connection with Narpatganj P.S.Case No.514 of 2018 Special Case No.1010 of 2018. With following conditions :

(i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned court.

(ii) The petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The petitioner shall co-operate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court and in the event of failure to appear before the court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reasons, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail bond.

With the aforesaid observation, this application is allowed.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) chn/-

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