Albu Singh @ L. B. Singh @ Lal Bahadur Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.51175 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-134 Year-2018 Thana- UJIYARPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Albu Singh @ L. B. Singh @ Lal Bahadur Singh S/o Ram Prit Singh, resident of village Chandauli, P.S. Ujiarpur, District Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Bijay Bhushan Prasad, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Nityanand Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-08-2018 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 of the I.P.C. and Sections 47, 30(a), 38(1)(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution case, in short, is that 181.300 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. 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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.51175 of 2018(2) dt.20-08-2018 2/2 the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 181.300 liters wine is recovered from three different places. None of the places in question 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 Sessions Judge 6th-cum-Special Judge, Samastipur in connection with Ujiarpur P.S. case No.134 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T