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Aryan Kumar @ Dhanesh @ Dhanesh Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC4 Aug 2023CR. MISC./45431/2023

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Single Judge of Patna High Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The Court held that prima facie no case is made out against him as he did not drive the car and the liquor was not recovered from him, rendering the statutory bar inapplicable.

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Petitioner admitted to anticipatory bail to be enlarged on arrest or surrender within four weeks by furnishing bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties under Section 438(2) CrPC.

Aryan Kumar @ Dhanesh @ Dhanesh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Bail and Remand | Patna HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45431 of 2023

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-30 Year-2023 Thana- DURGAWATI District- Kaimur (Bhabua)

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ARYAN KUMAR @ DHANESH @ DHANESH KUMAR SON OF VISHWANATH YADAV RESIDENT OF VILLAGE -TUMBA P S -ROHTAS DISTRICT -ROHTAS

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ashutosh Tripathy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER

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2 04-08-2023

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Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

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This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Durgawati P.S. Case No.30 of 2023, registered for offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

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The allegation is regarding recovery of 279 litres of illicit liquor from the car of the petitioner.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he is having a clean antecedent. The learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted by referring to paragraph no.8 of the present petition

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45431 of 2023(2) dt.04-08-2023 2/3

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that on the alleged date and time of occurrence, the car of the petitioner had been borrowed by one Manish Kumar, for the purposes of taking her mother for treatment, however, the present unfortunate incident had taken place, instead. Thus, it is submitted that no offence is made out under the provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, as far as the petitioner is concerned.

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Per contra , the learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.

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Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and taking into account the materials available on record as also considering the specific averment made by the petitioner in the paragraph no.8 of the present petition, to the effect that on the alleged date and time of occurrence, the car of the petitioner had been borrowed by one Manish Kumar and the petitioner was not driving the car, apart from the fact that no illicit liquor has been recovered from the petitioner, thus prima facie this Court finds that no case is made out for the offences punishable under the provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, hence the bar under Section 76(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 shall not be an impediment for

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45431 of 2023(2) dt.04-08-2023 3/3

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the purposes of grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner herein, thus I deem it fit and proper to admit the petitioner to the privilege of anticipatory bail.

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Accordingly, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Kaimur at Bhabua, in connection with Durgawati P.S. Case No.30 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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(Mohit Kumar Shah, J)

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Saurav/-

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Aryan Kumar @ Dhanesh @ Dhanesh Kumar v. The State of Bihar

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