Mahendra And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.71395 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-187 Year-2018 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Siwan ======================================================

1. Mahendra, son of late Jai Gopal, Resident of Village- Jind, P.S.- Jind, District- Jind (Haryana).

2. Sandeep, son of Gurucharan Singh, Resident of Village and P.S.- Jind, District-Jind (Haryana) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Binod Kumar 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 3/ 12-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

Petitioners seek bail in Case No. C-III-187 of 2018 instituted for the offence under Section(s) 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, pending in the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, 2nd, Siwan.

It is alleged that 1040.760 litres illicit liquor has been recovered from the box of truck. The petitioners are said to Driver and Khalasi of the aforesaid truck.

Keeping in view recovery of huge quantity of illicit liquor, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.71395 of 2018(3) dt.12-12-2018 2/2 Prayer of the petitioners for grant of bail is rejected at this stage.

The petitioners may renew their prayer for bail after six months if no substantive progress is made in the trial. (Sanjay Priya, J) J. Alam/- U T