Vir Singh @ Vira v. State Of Chhattisgarh

MCRCA No. 1729 of 2020 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1729 of 2020

1. Veer Singh @ Veera, S/o Jageshwar, aged about 42 years, Caste Gond, resident of Podi (l), Post Sarwani, PS Sirgitti, Tehsil Belha, District Bilaspur (CG) ---- Applicant

Versus

State Of Chhattisgarh Through Excise Circle Belha, District Bilaspur (CG) ---- Non-Applicant For Applicant : Shri K.K. Khatri, Advocate.

For Non-Applicant : Miss Akshara Amit, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 25/02/2021 :

1. The applicant has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail as he apprehends his arrest in connection with Crime No.69/2020, registered at Police Station Excise Circle, Belha, District Bilaspur for offence punishable under Section 34 (2) & 59 (A) of the CG Excise Act.

2. The concerned police received a secret information that the applicant is involved in trade of illicit liquor. On a raid conducted in his house, total 210 liters of country made liquor was recovered. Witnesses present at the place of occurrence informed the raiding team that the illicit liquor belongs to the applicant. As a matter of fact, the applicant was present at the place of occurrence, but seeing the raiding team of the Excise Department, he ran away from the spot.

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3. Considering the bar under Section 59-A of the CG Excise Act, 1915, I am not inclined to release the applicant on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the application is rejected.

Sd/- Judge (Prashant Kumar Mishra) Barve