The Court rejected the petitioner's application for pre-arrest bail in a criminal case alleging supply of spurious blood and fraud under various IPC sections and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Application for grant of pre-arrest bail is rejected.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11733 of 2018
Arising Out of PS.Case No. -479 Year- 2017 Thana -BHAGALPUR KOTWALI District-
BHAGALPUR
====================================================== Bivek Paswan @ Bittu Kumar Paswan son of Hari Paswan @ Hari Nandan Paswan resident of village Khanjarpur, P.S. Barari, Districtr- Bhagalpur.
.... .... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER
The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Kotwali (Barari) P. S. Case No. 479 of 2017 registered under Sections 269, 270, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 13 of Drugs and Cosmetic Act.
Regard being had to the serious nature of allegation against the petitioner and one another that they supplied spurious blood after charging Rs.4000/- from the informant, I am not inclined to grant him pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, the application for grant of pre-arrest bail is rejected.
(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)
Kanchan/-
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether to grant pre-arrest bail in a case involving allegations of supplying spurious blood.
Whether the serious nature of the allegations precludes the grant of bail before arrest.
Bivek Paswan
The State of Bihar
Ashwani Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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