Karan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15859 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-514 Year-2023 Thana- CHHATAUNI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Karan Kumar S/o Motilal Mahato @ Motilal Mahto R/o vill - Ujjain Lohiyar, P.S. - Harsidhi, Distt. - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-03-2024
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 414 of the I.P.C. & Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 204 litres of liquor from Tata Nexon car. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he is not the owner of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody, which does not have any evidentiary value.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15859 of 2024(2) dt.13-03-2024 2/2
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
5. 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.500/- (Rupees five hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Chhatauni P.S. Case No.514/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T