Sheetal Rishideo @ Sheetal Rishi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87261 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-332 Year-2024 Thana- JOKIHAT District- Araria ====================================================== Sheetal Rishideo @ Sheetal Rishi Son of Late Ramu Rishideo @ Late Ramu Rishi Resident of Village - Chakia, Ward No.1, P.S- Jokihat, District - Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rikesh Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 19-12-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Jokihat P.S. Case No.332 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable u/s 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2016.
3. Altogether 13 liters of illicit liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. He was not
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87261 of 2024(2) dt.19-12-2024 2/2 apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case only on the basis of secret information. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since the recovery has been made from the house of the petitioner, I am not inclined to grant bail to him. The prayer for grant of bail on his behalf is hereby rejected.
7. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T