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Pradeep Paswan v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC27 Jan 2022CR. MISC./40405/2021

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The Patna High Court granted regular bail to the petitioner arrested under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. Factors included no criminal record, custody since June 2021, incrimination of a kiosk not owned by the petitioner, and trial delay due to the pandemic.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner granted regular bail by furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount.

Pradeep Paswan Vs The State of Bihar — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Patna HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40405 of 2021

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-376 Year-2021 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR DistrictMuzaffarpur

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PRADEEP PASWAN S/o Jaglal Paswan Resident of Chhajan Pasawara, P.S.Kurhani, District- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shambhu Sharan Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Satyadeo Singh Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

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2 27-01-2022 Heard the parties through video conferencing.

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Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Sadar

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P.S. Case No. 376 of 2021 registered for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

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As per the First Information Report, police on the basis of secret information that illicit liquor has been kept in a kiosk near Ram Dayalu Bridge, proceeded towards the place of occurrence and upon seeing the police party the petitioner standing there started fleeing away, however, Police apprehended the petitioner and recovered 30 liters of illicit liquor from the said kiosk .

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not the owner of the kiosk ( gumti ) from where illicit

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40405 of 2021(2) dt.27-01-2022 2/2

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liquor has been recovered which would be evident from the seizure list prepared by the Police. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and illicit liquor has not been recovered from his conscious possession or the kiosk belonging to him. The petitioner is in custody since 7-6-2021 , charge sheet has already been submitted and trial is not likely to be concluded in near future.

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Regard being had to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the materials available on record, the fact that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, he is in custody since 7 / 6 / 2021, trial is not likely to be concluded in near future due to Covid-19 pandemic, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

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Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be released on regular bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise Act Muzaffarpur in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 376 of 2021.

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(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)

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Pradeep Paswan v. The State of Bihar

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