Pankaj Poddar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.42119 of 2018 ====================================================== Pankaj Poddar, S/o - Late Vijay Poddar, R/o- Village Thana Road, Khagaria, P.S. and District - Khagaria.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 13-07-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272 & 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. 36 liters foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the possession of the petitioner.

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 no concern with the seized liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy by planting the aforesaid recovery from his possession. Though one more case under the Excise Act has been lodged against the petitioner but he is on bail in the said case. He

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42119 of 2018 (02) dt.13-07-2018 2 / 2 has been languishing in custody since 14.05.2018. 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 Additional Sessions Judge 1st -cum-Special Judge Excise, Khagaria in connection with Khagaria P.S. Case No. 303 of 2018. (Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J) Trivedi/- U T