Deepak Kumar Jha @ Deepak Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17455 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-51 Year-2023 Thana- KISHANPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Deepak Kumar Jha @ Deepak Jha S/o Jivkant Jha R/o Vill - Dhanghor, P.S. - Ghoghardiha, Dist. - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jitendra Kumar Bharti For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Parmanand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-03-2024 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 offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC and Sections 30(a), 36, 32 and 41 of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 1642.5 litres of liquor from a truck. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is neither the owner nor the driver of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that he came to be implicated based on confessional statement

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17455 of 2024(2) dt.18-03-2024 2/2 of Baljeet Singh in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.

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 each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kishanpur P.S. Case No. 51 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T