Patna High CourtCR. MISC./78545/2024bail granted

Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

2024-12-06Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78545 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-394 Year-2022 Thana- SUGAULI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Sahani S/O Acchelal Sahani R/O Village- Mehwa, P.S- Sugauli, Distt.- East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhannjay Kumar Ii For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rabindra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-12-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Mr. Rabindra Kumar.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of four cases and allegation is of recovery of 47 litres of liquor from a motorcycle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized motorcycle and came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78545 of 2024(2) dt.06-12-2024 2/2 is next submitted that petitioner is in custody since 09.09.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sugauli P.S. Case No. 394 of 2022.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T