Ganpat Singh @ Bheru Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86528 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-236 Year-2024 Thana- MAKER District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Ganpat Singh @ Bheru Singh Son of Shambhu Singh Resident ofVillageAdwas, P.S.- Jawar Mines, Distt.- Udaipur (Rajasthan) 2.

Gajendra Singh Son of Himmat Singh Resident ofVillage- Adwas, P.S.- Jawar Mines, Distt.- Udaipur (Rajasthan) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dewendra Narayan Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Maker P.S. Case No. 236 of 2024 dated 17.09.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 259.215 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Maruti Car. It is further alleged that the petitioners were found sitting in the said vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86528 of 2024(2) dt.18-01-2025 2/2 implicated in this case. The name of the petitioners was transpired in this case merely on suspicion. The petitioners are neither the owner nor the driver of the said vehicle and they have no knowledge about the aforesaid seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioners are in custody since 17.09.2024.

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

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Saran at Chapra in connection with Maker P.S. Case No. 236 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

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