Manish Kumar @ Manish Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2404 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-204 Year-2022 Thana- BARHIYA District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== MANISH KUMAR @ MANISH SINGH S/O BALMIKI SINGH R/vKhuthadih, P.S.- Barahiya, District- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Dipak Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

945 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from a truck. The petitioner is said to have fled away from the spot. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The local Chowkidar has identified the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2404 of 2023(2) dt.20-01-2023 2/3 Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 60,000/- (rupees sixty thousand) in the P.M. Cares Fund, bearing Account No.2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID: pmcares@sbi.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District & Sessions Judge, 4th-cum-Special Excise Court-I, Lakhisarai in connection with Barahiya P.S. Case No.204 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2404 of 2023(2) dt.20-01-2023 3/3 the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the PM Cares Fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T