PATNA, India, May 29 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on May 1:
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Industrial P.S. Case No. 155 of 2024 dated 15.09.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 164.07 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Scorpio vehicle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused, Sonu Kumar. The petitioner is not the owner of the said vehicle and he has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by the Coordinate Bench of this court vide order dated 14.11.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 78653/2024. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 11.01.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Bhagalpur in connection with Industrial P.S. Case No. 155 of 2024.
7. The application stands allowed.
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