Md. Mairaj Khan @ Meraj Khan And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.15893 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2 Year- 2018 Thana -BIKRAMGANJ District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Md. Mairaj Khan @ Meraj Khan, S/O Kangreshi Khan.

2. Babu Khan @ Saddam Khan, S/O Hesimuddin Khan @ Hisamuddin Khan. Petitioner nos. 1 and 2 are residents of Mohalla-Ahmadnagar, P.S. Bikramganj, District-Rohtas at Sasaram.

3. Basir @ Bashir Ahmad, S/O Murtuja. Petitioner no. 3 is resident of Mohalla-Gulzar Bagh, P.S. Bikramganj, District-Rohtas at Sasaram. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Rajendra Nath Jha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 12 liters wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15893 of 2018 (2) dt.20-03-2018 2/2 implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 12 liters wine is recovered from the compound of Tempo Stand. The name of the petitioners has come on the basis of disclosure made by the local Chaukidar. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioners in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners 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 petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Special Court, Excise, Rohtas at Sasaram, in connection with Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 02 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T