Patna High CourtCR. MISC./9580/2024bail granted

Sanjay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2024-02-22Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9580 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-148 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Madhepura ====================================================== Sanjay Kumar Son of Bhagat Narayan Yadav R/o vill - Kajaha, ward no. 15, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Supaul, Temporary Address R/o vill - Phulkaha, ward no. 1, P.s. - Gamharia, Distt. - Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pawan Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kumar Ranjit Ranjan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise Case No. 647/2020, arising out of Excise P.S. Case No. 148/2020-2021, dated 27.09.2020 for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

3. As per prosecution case, 31.500 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from the open field which was surrounded by the paddy field and water.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9580 of 2024(2) dt.22-02-2024 2/3 this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of suspicion. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, hence no case is made out against the petitioner. Learned counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019

(2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76(2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9580 of 2024(2) dt.22-02-2024 3/3 like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Madhepura in connection with Excise Case No. 647/2020, arising out of Excise P.S. Case No. 148/2020-2021, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Ranjeet/- U T