(1.) The prayer in this petition under Sec. 439 Cr.PC is for the grant of regular bail in case FIR No.407 dtd. 12/12/2003 under Ss. 471, 420, 467, 468 and 120-B IPC and Sec. 61(l)(c) and 72-A of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914( Haryana Amendement Bill 2020), (Sec. 272 and 273 IPC, Sec. 63A and 4-20 of The Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (Haryana Amendement Bill, 2020) and Sec. 103 and 104 of Trade Marks Act, 199 was added later on registered at Police Station Dharuhera, District Rewari, Haryana.
(2.) The present FIR came to be registered at the instance of Ashish Yadav, Excise Inspector which reads as under:-
(3.) Accused Pawan, Ajay and Arjun were formally arrested and interrogated. They stated that illicit liquor was being manufactured in village Saharavan, Manesar. Pawan also disclosed that the liquor vend belongs to S.S. Wines and from the said premises 156 crates of illicit liquor were recovered. One Sanjay Kumar was arrested on 12/12/2023 and disclosed about the involvement of Sandeep, Naresh and Dinesh. He also disclosed that he and Sandeep along with Dinesh were having a partnership in the liquor business with a share of 50%, 25% and 25% each. Sanjay got recovered Rs.80,000.00. Naresh was arrested on 12/12/2023 and disclosed about the involvement of Surender Singh, Pawan, Sanjay, Prashant @ Sonu (petitioner) and Kunal and also got recovered Rs.20,000.00. He also got demarcated the premises of Lucky Wines and 149 Crates of illicit liquor were recovered from the said premises. From the premises Prashant son of the owner (Paramjit Singh Raghav) of Lucky Wines was arrested. He disclosed that he had sold 25 Crates of liquor to the co-accused Shyam.