Ritesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6862 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-189 Year-2022 Thana- DERNI BAZAR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

RITESH KUMAR S/O DAROGA RAI Resident of Village- Baksanda, P.S.- Parsa, District- Saran.

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VIKRAM KUMAR @ VIKRAM RAI S/O DHARMA NATH RAY Resident of Village- Jaminpur, P.S.- Derni, District- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nityanand ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 13-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

Altogether 52.920 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a vehicle. One person was apprehended on the spot and he disclosed the name of the petitioners. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from their conscious physical possession of the petitioner. They have no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6862 of 2023(2) dt.13-04-2023 2/3 concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. They has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of their enemy. They were not apprehended on the spot and their name transpired in the case only on the basis of confessional statement of apprehended co-accused. He further submits that the petitioners have no concern with the alleged vehicle from which the recovery has been made. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

Petitioners are agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Ten Thousand) each in the account of Bihar State Bar Council Welfare Fund, Patna, bearing Account No.31861041899, IFSC Code: SBIN0010340, State Bank of India, Branch: High Court Campus, Patna.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Derni P.S. Case No.189 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6862 of 2023(2) dt.13-04-2023 3/3 the Cr.P.C, with the following conditions:

(i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(2) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.

The bail bond of the petitioners shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid amount in the Bihar State Bar Council Welfare Fund. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T