Grants bail to the petitioner who was in custody for alleged recovery of liquor under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, subject to surety and conditions.
Petitioner released on bail with Rs. 10,000 bond and two sureties of equal amount to be furnished to satisfaction of the court below.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11652 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-369 Year-2018 Thana- BIHIA District- Bhojpur
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BUTAN SAH @ GAUTAM SHAH, Son of Ram Chandra Sah @ Ram Chandra Gupta Resident of Village - Pokhra Par,P.S-Bihiya, Dist.-Bhojpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 05-04-2019 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
Petitioner, who is in custody, seeks bail registered for
the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
Allegation is of recovery of 10 litre Mahua wine from the house of the petitioner.
It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case due to village politics. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. The alleged liquor was recovered from joint house of the petitioner and his family members. He is in custody since 07.12.2018.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11652 of 2019(2) dt.05-04-2019 2/2
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner named above be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned court below where the case is pending in connection with Excise Case No. 1533 of 2018 arising out of Bihiya P.S. Case No. 369 of 2018, with following condition:-
(1)Bailors should be local having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the court concerned.
(2) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the court below.
(3) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses of the case, in that case, prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail of the petitioner.
(4) If the petitioner is found involved in similar nature of offence, after his release on bail, the trial court shall take steps to cancel his bail bond.
(S. Kumar, J)
manoj/-
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Butan Sah @ Gautam Shah
The State of Bihar
S. Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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