Kariman Rai @ Amrendra Kumar @ Amrendra Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9435 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-537 Year-2021 Thana- BHAGWAN BAZAR District- Saran ====================================================== KARIMAN RAI @ AMRENDRA KUMAR @ AMRENDRA RAI Son of Late Ganesh Rai Resident of Village- Daulatganj (Jan Tola), P.S.- Bhagwan Bazar, District- Saran at Chapra.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Tej Pratap Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Madan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

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

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 193.800 litres of liquor from a Maruti car. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle and his name transpired in the confessional statement of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9435 of 2022(2) dt.08-07-2022 2/2 co-accused Raj Kumar which has no evidentiary value. 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. 2,000/- (Rupees Two 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 Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case No. 537 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T