Patna High CourtCR. MISC./74588/2024bail granted

Munim Kumar @ Sonu Kumar @ Munim v. The State Of Bihar

2024-10-18Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74588 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-348 Year-2023 Thana- BACHHWARA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Munim Kumar @ Sonu Kumar @ Munim S/o- Phulena Singh @ Fulena Singh Village- Madhurapur ward no 27, PS- Teghra Distt-Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amritesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-10-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of three cases and is in custody since 04.11.2024 and allegation is of recovery of 24.48 litres of liquor from a motorcycle and 46.5 litres of liquor from a bag kept on the road near Ayodhya Toll Railway Crossing.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody, which does not have any evidentiary

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74588 of 2024(2) dt.18-10-2024 2/2 value.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-1st, Begusarai in connection with Bachhwara P. S. Case No.348 of 2023.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T