The High Court of Patna confirmed provisional bail granted to the petitioner on terms that he filed a supplementary affidavit complying with bail conditions regarding vehicle ownership and involvement in the liquor trade. The physical filing of documents was directed.
Confirmed provisional bail and directed physical filing of relevant documents.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5113 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-255 Year-2020 Thana- DHANAHA District- West Champaran
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PRADEEP KUMAR Son of Arjun Mahto Resident of Village - Khanpur, P.s.Khanpur, Distt.- Samastipur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Rashmi Jha, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Tapeshwar Sharma, APP. ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER
12 09-11-2022
Heard Ms. Rashmi Jha, learned counsel appearing on
behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, learned APP for the State.
Vide order dated 20.04.2022, the petitioner was released on provisional bail with a condition that the petitioner is required to file an affidavit giving details of the owner of the vehicle, as to how he is connected with the trade of liquor, name of the person for whom he was working and where the liquor was to be transported.
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has stated in Para-6 of the supplementary affidavit that the petitioner has no concern with the owner of the vehicle and he is not involved in trade of liquor. The petitioner was not arrested on the sport rather he has falsely been implicated on the basis of
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confessional statement of one co-accused Pawan Kumar due to dirty village politics.
Considering the specific statement made on the behalf of the petitioner in Para-6 of the supplementary affidavit, this Court confirms the provisional bail granted to the petitioner vide order dated 20.04.2022 on the similar terms and conditions in view of the fact that the petitioner has filed supplementary affidavit in compliance of one of the conditions of the provisional bail.
As physical filing is now being accepted, petitioner is directed to file all the relevant documents and the court fees physically.
Accordingly, this bail application stands disposed of.
(Purnendu Singh, J)
mantreshwar/-
U T
Pradeep Kumar
The State of Bihar
Purnendu Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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