Granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case involving alleged liquor recovery. Directed him to surrender within six weeks and furnish bail bonds under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.
Petitioner directed to surrender within six weeks with bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- plus two sureties of like amount.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20875 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-389 Year-2021 Thana- RANIGANJ District- Araria
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Babloo Goswami @ Babloo Kumar Goswami, Son Of Manikant Goswami Resident Of Vill.- Hansa, Ward No.- 9, P.S.- Raniganj, Dist.- Araria, State - Bihar 854912.
... ... Petitioner/S
Versus
The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Riya Giri Mr. Sumit Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER
2 28-09-2022
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 413, 468, 471 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(a) of the Excise Act, 2016.
The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 476.250 litres of liquor from a Magic vehicle.
The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted that the vehicle does not belong to the petitioner, nor the
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petitioner is the driver of the vehicle and his name transpired in the confessional statement of Pankaj Kumar which per se does not have any evidentiary value.
The learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the anticipatory bail application.
Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Raniganj P. S. Case No.389 of 2021, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
The application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
vikash/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged liquor recovery and IPC Section 420/468/471 offences.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Babloo Goswami
The State Of Bihar
Satyavrata Verma
As recorded by the court registry
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