Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5375 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-947 Year-2022 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Sonu Kumar Son of Gopal Jee Sah Resident of Village Belwania Ward No 1 PS Shikarpur, Distt. - West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Lallan Kumar Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-02-2024 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has a antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 15 litres of liquor from bank of river Maniyari. It is next submitted that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of the Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5375 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 2/2 4.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

5.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 947 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T