Ved Prakash @ Sahil Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15520 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1022 Year-2021 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== VED PRAKASH @ SAHIL KUMAR S/o Vinay Rai Resident of VillageDighi Kala West, P.S.- Hajipur Sadar, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms.Sangeeta Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of seven cases and allegation is of recovery of 697.32 litres of liquor from a Bolero vehicle. 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 since petitioner has been implicated in Excise cases as stated at paragraph '3' of the anticipatory bail

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15520 of 2022(2) dt.22-07-2022 2/2 application, as such this time also the petitioner was made an accused at the behest of local chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term, it is next submitted that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the alleged Bolero vehicle. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 1022 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/Shivam/- U T