Patna High CourtCR. MISC./17237/2023bail granted

Sittu Kumar @ Sittu Sah v. The State Of Bihar

2023-05-10Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17237 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-465 Year-2021 Thana- KORHA District- Katihar ====================================================== SITTU KUMAR @ SITTU SAH Son of Awadhesh Sah R/O- Diwandih, P.S.- Korha, Distt.- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandrabhushan Prasad, A.P.P.

====================================================== 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 1412.280 liters of liquor recovered from three vehicles.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that petitioner is neither the driver nor the owner of the any of the vehicles and his name transpired in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17237 of 2023(2) dt.10-05-2023 2/2 confessional statement of co-accused Shiv Charan Paswan which has no any evidentiary value.

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 to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Korha P.S. Case No. 465 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U