Pradeep Kumar Jha v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86369 of 2024, decided 17-12-2024 by Anjani Kumar Sharan, J. Anticipatory bail (Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.) for Pradeep Kumar Jha, pick-up van owner, in Sangrampur P.S. Case No.142 of 2022 (East Champaran) under S.420 IPC and Sections 30(a), 32, 41(1) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2016; recovery of 7000 plastic bottles marked '180 ml RJ' meant for wine packaging; conditions: Rs.10,000 deposit to Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund (A/c 7801893276, IFSC IDIB000L501), Rs.25,000 bail bond with two sureties, close-relative bailor genealogy affidavit, bailor affidavit on future similar implications; advocates: Baidhyanath Thakur (petitioner), Dilip Kumar No.1 APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: release on bail upon arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within six weeks, on bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions, deposit of Rs.10,000 in the Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, and the special bailor-affidavit conditions.