Petitioner sought anticipatory bail in a Bihar Excise Act case alleging recovery of liquor from his vehicle; the court granted anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds with two sureties.
Anticipatory bail granted on bail bonds of Rs. 500 with two like sureties within six weeks, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19850 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-291 Year-2023 Thana- BARHIYA District- Lakhisarai
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Bijay Thakur Son of Late Rajen Thakur Resident of Village- Kali Pahari, P.S.Asansol, District- Bardhhaman, West Bengal
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bhim Sen Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anant Kumar 1, APP ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER
2 22-03-2024
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32 and 41 of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 496.800 litres liquor from a Bolero pickup vehicle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would
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get implicated by creating evidence against himself. It is next submitted that he was completely unaware that Kanhaiya would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged as he was apprehended from the spot along with Md. Ishtakar, when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. 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. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Barahiya P.S. Case No. 291 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
SUMIT/-
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner apprehending arrest in an excise offence case should be granted anticipatory bail.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Bijay Thakur
The State of Bihar
Satyavrat Verma
As recorded by the court registry
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