Patna High CourtCR. MISC./3906/2022bail granted

Sanjeev Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2022-07-01Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3906 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-89 Year-2020 Thana- SAHJAHANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== SANJEEV KUMAR Son of Late Bindeshwari Prasad Resident of Village - Nanauri, P.S.- Dhanarua, Distt.- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gauri Shankar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. Allegation is of recovery of 20 litres of liquor being carried on a motorcycle.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated merely because he is the owner of the motorcycle. It is next submitted that petitioner has given the motorcycle to his friend and was completely unaware that his friend was misusing

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3906 of 2022(2) dt.01-07-2022 2/2 the same for such illegal purpose.

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

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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees Three Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Shahjehanpur P.S. Case No. 89 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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