Pankaj Choudhary @ Pankaj Kumar Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11500 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-45 Year-2021 Thana- BANMANKHI District- Purnia ====================================================== PANKAJ CHOUDHARY @ PANKAJ KUMAR CHOUDHARY Son of Mahendra Chaudhary R/v- Dheema Hat, P.S.- Banmankhi, District- Purnea. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Praveen Kumar Agrawal For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Arvind Kumar Pandey, App, 84 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 27-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

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

35.6 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from a Swift Car. Two persons were apprehended at the spot who disclosed that liquor belongs to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11500 of 2023(2) dt.27-04-2023 2/3 Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let 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 enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Court No.1, Purnea in connection with Banmankhi P.S. Case No.45 of 2021, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that: (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11500 of 2023(2) dt.27-04-2023 3/3 aforesaid amount in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T