Ranjeet Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.8092 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -428 Year- 2017 Thana -PUPRI District- SITAMARHI ======================================================

1. Ranjeet Patel S/o Ram Briksh Rai, R/o Village- Bantara, P.S.- Bajpatti, Distt.- Sitamrhi.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rama Kant Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Md. Fahimuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 15-02-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in Pupri P.S. Case No.428 of 2017 registered under Section 272 & 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30 (a), 38 & 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

15.300 liters of Nepali Saufi wine is said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner and the petitioner was apprehended.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has been falsely implicated in this case. As a matter of fact, petitioner had

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8092 of 2018 (02) dt.15-02-2018 2/ 2 purchased the aforesaid house from Smt. Khushboo Devi, wife of Mukesh Rai and on release of her husband, Mukesh Rai from jail, he has falsely implicated the petitioner in this case in collusion with the police planting the liquor in his house. He has no criminal antecedent. He has been languishing in custody since 30.11.2017. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J. 2nd Special Judge Excise Act, Sitamarhi in connection with Pupri P.S. Case No.428 of 2017.

(Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J) Trivedi/- U T