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Sonu Chaudhary @ Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

Patna HC13 Aug 2024CR. MISC./57562/2024

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Anticipatory bail application for arrest in an excise case involving alleged recovery of 180 litres of liquor from a car. The court granted anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bonds, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions, contingent on verification that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail granted on bail-bonds of Rs.500 with two like sureties, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions and verification of clean antecedents.

Sonu Chaudhary @ Sonu Kumar Vs The State Of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57562 of 2024

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2024 Thana- TILAUTHU District- Rohtas

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Sonu Chaudhary @ Sonu Kumar, Son of Amarnath Chaudhary Resident of Village, P.O. and P.S. - Tilauthu, District - Rohtas

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State Of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ashwani Kumar Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Kumar Ranjit Ranjan

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 13-08-2024

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

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learned APP for the State.

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The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his

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arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits

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that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 180 litres of liquor from a car.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits

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that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such,

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nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized car and he came to be implicated

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57562 of 2024(2) dt.13-08-2024 2/3

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based on secret information, which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is next submitted that police in majority of cases implicating innocent persons either at the behest of Chaukidar, local person, secret informant and confessional statement in a mechanical manner without holding proper investigation, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent.

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Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise-cum- Exclusive Special Excise Court No.2-cumAdditional District & Sessions Judge, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Tilauthu P. S. Case No.157 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57562 of 2024(2) dt.13-08-2024 3/3

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Cr.P.C.

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The application stands allowed.

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It is made clear that the learned trial Court

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before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if

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it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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vikash/-

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