The Patna High Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner in an Excise Act case involving recovery of cough syrup from his house, subject to conditions including surrendering to the trial court within six weeks.
Released on anticipatory bail by filing a bond of Rs.1,000 with two sureties, to surrender to the trial court within six weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26270 of 2023
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-976 Year-2022 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria
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SAKIL SON OF MUBARAK @ MUBARAK HUSSAIN @ MUVARAK ALI RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- BANGAMA, WARD NO. 9 PS AND DISTT- ARARIA
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shivesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER
2 16-05-2023
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 1.7 liters of cough syrup from the house of the petitioner.
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 even the house is a joint family property, as such it cannot
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be alleged with certainty that it was petitioner who had kept the cough syrup in the house or the cough syrup in the house was within the knowledge of the petitioner, when admittedly the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent.
Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 976 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Rishabh/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner apprehending arrest in a Bihar Excise Act case involving recovery of cough syrup from his house?
Sakil Son of Mubarak
The State of Bihar
Satyavrata Verma
As recorded by the court registry
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