Bashir Ahmad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
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Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No. 75556 of 2024, decided 11-11-2024, single-judge bench (Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan): anticipatory bail granted to petitioner Bashir Ahmad in Nautan P.S. Case No. 60 of 2020 (Thana Nautan, District Siwan) for offence under Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; trigger facts: 4.500 litres foreign liquor recovered from motorcycle registered in petitioner's name; petitioner not named in FIR; motorcycle claimed sold to Haider Ali in 2012; petitioner notified via Section 91 Cr.P.C. police notice (Annexure-3); one criminal antecedent disclosed; relief framed under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.: bail bond Rs. 25,000 with two like sureties, close-relative bailor affidavit with genealogy and address-change notice, affidavit undertaking to report future implications in similar cases with liberty to cancel bail for misuse, and Rs. 5,000 deposit to Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna (Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch) as precondition for acceptance of bond. Advocates: Raghav Prasad (petitioner); Dilip Kumar No.1, APP (State).