Ramnath Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35187 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-200 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.

RAMNATH KUMAR S/o Pramod Singh R/o Village- Harnahi, P.S.- Sheohar Town, District- Sheohar 2.

Alok Kumar S/o Ramnaresh Rai R/o Village- Chaksikandar, P.S.- Tajpur, District- Samastipur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Satyendra Rai, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 23-12-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. Since the physical court proceeding is non-functional, due to present pandemic COVID-19, the matter is listed with defects.

Learned counsel for the petitioners undertake to remove the defects within three weeks of resumption of physical court proceeding. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, the office will place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35187 of 2020(2) dt.23-12-2020 2/3 and Excise Act, 2016.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioners rather 169.560 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the Tata Safari. He submits that petitioner no. 1 is the driver of the said car and petitioner no. 2 is the passenger. He further submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application and they are languishing in judicial custody since 18.08.2020.

Petitioners are agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 8000.00 (Rupees Eight Thousand) each in the PM Cares Fund, bearing Account No. 2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID: pmcares@sbi.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge 2nd-cum-Cum-Special Judge, Excise, Gopalganj in connection with Excise Case No.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35187 of 2020(2) dt.23-12-2020 3/3 200 of 2020.

The bail bond of the petitioners shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.8000.00 (Rupees Eight Thousand) each in the PM Cares Fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T