Tufani Chaudhary @ Tufani Kumar v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.27940 of 2024, decided 20-04-2024, Coram: Chandra Prakash Singh, J. Anticipatory bail granted in a Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act case (u/s 30(a)) — Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case No. 24 of 2023, District Saran at Chapra; 54.800 litres illicit foreign liquor recovered behind Shiv Mandir. Section 76(2) bar pressed by the State; petitioner's counsel relied on Full Bench ruling in Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 on maintainability of anticipatory bail applications under the Excise Act. Relief: bail-bond Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of like amount, conditions under section 438(2) CrPC. Advocates: Dewendra Narayan Singh for petitioner; Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP for State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be enlarged on arrest/surrender within six weeks from 20-04-2024, on bail-bond of Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Saran at Chapra, subject to conditions under section 438(2) CrPC.