The High Court of Patna granted pre-arrest bail to Rahul Kumar Mishra for alleged possession of illicit liquor. Bail was to be secured on surrender within four weeks on furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties.
Petitioner granted bail on surrender within four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61359 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2019 Thana- RAIYAM District- Darbhanga
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RAHUL KUMAR MISHRA @ GANESH MISHRA, aged about 26 years, Male, Son of Krishnanand Mishra, Resident of Village - Nayagaon, P.S.Raiyam, Dist.-Darbhanga ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Brisketu Sharan Pandey, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA
ORAL ORDER
2 14-10-2019
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the state.
The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with G.O. Case No. 652 of 2019 (Raiyam P.S. Case No. 27 of 2019) for the offence alleged under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
The accusation is that on receiving secret information
about keeping the liquor by the petitioner at burning ghat in village Raiyam, the informant, along with other police officials, reached there, then, saw one person fleeing away towards north direction while he was chased, but, he succeeded to flee away taking the advantage of darkness. On search, 42 bottles, each containing 750 ml, 68 bottles, each containing 375 ml and 48 bottles, each containing 180 ml of Indian made foreign liquor recovered.
The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that it would appear from the first information
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report that the petitioner was not apprehended on spot nor the name of the petitioner has been disclosed by the persons who claimed to have identified the petitioner fleeing away from the place of occurrence. In fact, the petitioner has been made accused in Raiyam P.S. Case No. 25 of 2018 in similar nature of case, due to that reason the police implicated the petitioner in the present case also.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of surrender/arrest, within a period of four weeks from today, in connection with G.O. Case No. 652 of 2019 (Raiyam P.S. Case No. 27 of 2019) shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional District Judge II-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Darbhanga, or the successor Court subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Criminal Procedure Code.
(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J)
Shamshad/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether pre-arrest bail should be granted to the petitioner for alleged offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
RAHUL KUMAR MISHRA @ GANESH MISHRA
The State of Bihar
RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA
As recorded by the court registry
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