CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS 547/2024 on 29 December 2024

ORAL ORDER

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application forgrant of regular bail in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. CaseNo. 547/2024 dated 29.12.2024 registered for the offencespunishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 383.975 litres ofillicit foreign and country-made liquor were recovered from thefour motorcycles out of which 117 litres of illicit country-madeliquor was recovered from the motorcycle ridden by thepetitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submittedthat the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in atul/- UT

this case. Nothing has been recovered from the consciouspossession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no concern withthe alleged recovery. The petitioner has clean antecedent asstated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custodysince 29.12.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehementlyopposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstancesof the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bondof Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties ofthe like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Courtconcerned, Gopalganj in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. CaseNo. 547/2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J)