Vikash Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17528 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-166 Year-2022 Thana- PIRO District- Bhojpur ====================================================== VIKASH KUMAR Son of Late Kapil Singh R/V- Chak Chatar, P.S- Dawath Dist- Rothas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shiv Prasad Gupta, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-05-2023 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 25 liters of liquor from a motorcycle. 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 petitioner is not named in the F.I.R, but he came to be implicated since the motorcycle belongs to him. The learned counsel next submits that no prudent man would use his own

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17528 of 2023(2) dt.10-05-2023 2/2 vehicle for committing a crime and thus would get implicated easily. It is next submitted that petitioner had given his motorcycle to his relative and thus was not aware that the vehicle would be misused in the manner as alleged, when admittedly the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. 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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) 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 Piro P.S. Case No. 166 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T