Patna High CourtCR. MISC./34955/2018bail granted

Meghan Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

2018-06-22Mr. Justice Prakash Chandra Jaiswal2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.34955 of 2018 ====================================================== Meghan Sahni, S/o- Late Mahendra Sahni @ Mahendra Choudhary, R/oSabalpur Mallah Toli, P.S.- Nadi, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nityanand Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Smt. Anita Kumari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 22-06-2018 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 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

25 litres of country made liquor is said to have been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and the petitioner was apprehended.

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 the case

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34955 of 2018 (2) dt.22-06-2018 2/2 by the police merely on suspicion while he was passing through the place of occurrence at the time of occurrence and real culprit managed to escape dumping the aforesaid liquor in the bag at the place of occurrence seeing the police party. He has no criminal antecedent. He has been languishing in custody since 02.05.2018. Considering the facts aforesaid, 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 Special Judge, Excise, Patna in connection with Nadi P.S. Case No. 57 of 2018 (Spl. Case No. 4163 of 2018.

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