Patna High CourtCR. MISC./81639/2024bail granted

Rohit Kumar @ Raja @ Raju Singh @ Rohit Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

2024-12-04Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81639 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-335 Year-2023 Thana- ATRI District- Gaya ====================================================== Rohit Kumar @ Raja @ Raju Singh @ Rohit Sharma Son of Ram Vijay Sharma Resident of Village- Sidh, P.S. -Atri, District- Gaya, ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Gajendra Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Pushpa Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-12-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Atri P.S. Case No. 335 of 2023 dated 17.07.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, on secret information, police intercepted the Maruti car and the motorcycle and the drivers of the said vehicles fled away from the spot. On search, total 52.500 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Maruti car and the house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81639 of 2024(2) dt.04-12-2024 2/2 this case. It is further submitted that the said maruti vehicle does not belong to the petitioner. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this court vide order dated 06.11.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65393 of 2023. The petitioner has three criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 02.10.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Gaya in connection with Atri P.S. Case No. 335 of 2023.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T