AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH
Shravan Roy @ Sharvan Rai @ Sharvan Kumar Rai – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The matter has been heard via video conferencing.
2. The case has been taken up out of turn on the basis of motion slip filed by learned counsel for the petitioner on 09.08.2021, which was allowed.
3. Heard Ms. Aprajita, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Pronoti Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor (hereinafter referred to as the ‘APP’) for the State.
4. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Manigachi PS Case No. 136 of 2020 dated 24.06.2020, instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’).
5. As per the allegation, when the police on prior information that the petitioner and others were dealing in illicit liquor, went to the spot, some persons ran away leaving behind two motorcycles and one person was caught and there was recovery and upon his disclosure, the police recovered liquor from various places, including straw hut of the petitioner.
6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the recovery is about 500 metres away from the house of the petitioner and that he was not present at the time of seizure as he was with his wife at Primary Health Centre during child birth
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