Patna High CourtCR. MISC./13530/2024bail granted

Md. Raja @ Shamim v. The State Of Bihar

2024-03-06Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13530 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-274 Year-2023 Thana- KEWATI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Md. Raja @ Shamim, Son of Md. Najim @ Lalo, Village- Gohouli P.S.- Keoti, District- Darbhanga.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Adv.

For the State :

Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-03-2024 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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 287.760 liters of liquor from a Car.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he is neither the owner nor the driver of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated at the instance of local villager but then the name of the villager who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13530 of 2024(2) dt.06-03-2024 2/2 disclosed in the FIR, which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. 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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kewati P.S. Case No. 274 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Arish/- U T