Shatrudhan Sah @ Shatrohan Kumar Sah @ Shatrohan Sah @ Shatrughna Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15173 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2023 Thana- DEODHA District- Madhubani ====================================================== SHATRUDHAN SAH @ SHATROHAN KUMAR SAH @ SHATROHAN SAH @ SHATRUGHNA SAH S/O RAMASHISH SAHU R/O WARD NO. 06 OF VILLAGE- KHIRMA, P.S- KEOTI, DISTT.- DARBHANGA. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Abhay Kumar Roy ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-03-2024

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 272, 273/34 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 180 litres of liquor out of which 45 litres of liquor is said to have been recovered from the motorcycle of the petitioner. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated being owner of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15173 of 2024(2) dt.12-03-2024 2/2 seized motorcycles. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is next submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that Phool Kumar would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot.

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 Dewdha P.S. Case No.94/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T