Ranjit Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.24472 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-6 Year-2017 Thana- ECONOMIC OFFENCES, BIHAR District- Patna ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar son of Binod Ray Resident of Minapur, P.S. Nagar (Vaishali), District - Vaishali.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. The Economic Offence Unit, Patna.

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

For the Petitioner :

Dr. Satyendra Kumar Srivastava, Adv.

For the State :

Mr. Ashok Kumar, APP For the E.O.U.

:

Mr. Akhileshwar Pd. Singh, Sr. Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-05-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the Economic Offence Unit.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B/34 of the I.P.C. and Sections 30(A), 38 and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 3100 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 disclosure of co-accused

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24472 of 2018(3) dt.10-05-2018 2/2 Amarveer Singh and Kawaljeet Singh. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 3100 liters wine is recovered from the truck. The truck in question does not 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 and E.O.U., 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 Special Judge, Excise, Patna in connection with E.O. P.S. case No.06 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Narendra/- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T