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AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 10566 of 2023 · Patna High Court

AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 10566 of 2023JITENDRA KUMAR3 min read

Case at a glance

Bench
JITENDRA KUMAR

Outcome

Allowed

this application is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-

Provisions considered

Judgment

====================================================== Appearance : : For the Petitioner/s For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap ORAL ORDER 2 03-05-2023 Heard Ld. counsel for the petitioner and Ld. APP for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Special Case No. 7409 of 2022 arising out of Paliganj P.S. Case No.183 of 2022, registered for the offences punishable under Sections30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act,

2016. As per allegation, 100 liters of liquor has been recovered from a tempo bearing Registration no. BR01PN-

Operative part

4150. Ld. counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10566 of 2023(2) dt.03-05-2023 case. He further submits that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. He also submits that the petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. He further submits that the petitioner has been languishing in jail since 08.11.2022 It has also been stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the present case. However, Ld. APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the petitioner for bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this application is allowed, directing the petitioner, above- named, to be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs.

10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Ld. Special Judge-Excise, Patna, in connection with Special Case No. 7409 of 2022 arising out of Paliganj P.S. Case No.183 of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10566 of 2023(2) dt.03-05-2023 2022 on the following conditions:

(i) The petitioner will make himself available for interrogation by a police officer/court as and when required.

(ii) The petitioner will undertake that investigation/trial will not get hampered on account of his absence or non-cooperation. He must be available to the police or the court whenever his presence is required.

(iii) The petitioner shall not, directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer.

(iv) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, Ld. court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.

(v) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10566 of 2023(2) dt.03-05-2023 wrong, Ld. court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (vi) In case, the petitioner repeats offence of similar nature after enlargement on bail, his bail bond will be cancelled by the court below. Ld. counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove all the defects, if any, pointed out by the office within a period of one month and the Registry is directed to issue the certified copy of this order only after removal of office objections. chandan/- U T (Jitendra Kumar, J)

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: this application is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — s. 30(a).

Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case

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