Teju Prajapat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.63670 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-229 Year-2018 Thana- GAYA MUFASIL District- Gaya ====================================================== Teju Prajapat S/o SiyaramPrajapat Resident of Village-Manpur Kumhartoli, P.S.-Mufassil,Distt.-Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vinod Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Smt Pushpa Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 61.5 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of disclosure made by the co-accuseds namely Ranjit Kumar and Sanjay Yadav. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 61.5 liters wine is recovered from

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.63670 of 2018(3) dt.30-10-2018 2/2 the car in question. The car 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, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R./complaint case. 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 Excise Judge, Gaya in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 229/18, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T