Bikram Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5927 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-140 Year-2021 Thana- CHANAN District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== 1.

BIKRAM KUMAR Son of Late Patidev Ram Resident of Village- Kundar, P.S.- Chanan, District- Lakhisarai.

2.

PANKAJ KUMAR @ PANKAJ RAM Son of Late Raj Kumar Ram Resident of Village- Kundar, P.S.- Chanan, District- Lakhisarai 3.

BANTI KUMAR Son of Jijay Ram Resident of Village- Kundar, P.S.- Chanan, District- Lakhisarai 4.

SURAJ RAM @ SURAJ KR. Son of Late Ram Chandra Ram Resident of Village- Kundar, P.S.- Chanan, District- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rabi Bhushan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, submits that during pendency of the present anticipatory bail application petitioner nos. 3 and 4 were arrested as such the anticipatory bail application against them has become infructuous thus seeks permission to withdraw the anticipatory bail application against them.

Permission is accorded.

The petitioner nos. 1 and 2 apprehend their arrest in a

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5927 of 2022(2) dt.01-07-2022 2/3 case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 30(a) (b) (c) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 is a person with clean antecedent whereas petitioner no.2 has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 230 litres of liquor from three different places and mixture of jawa mahua which was destroyed.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and the petitioners came to be implicated at the instance of local chowkidar with whom the petitioners were on an inimical term. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioner nos. 1 and 2, in the event of their 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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5927 of 2022(2) dt.01-07-2022 3/3 the case is pending/successor court in connection with Chanan P.S. Case No. 140 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T