Karu Rajbanshi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15432 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2025 Thana- SIRDALA District- Nawada ====================================================== Karu Rajbanshi S/O Mithilesh Rajbanshi R/O Village- Kadwara, P.SParnadawar, Distt.- Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sheo Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Suresh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02-04-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Sirdala P.S. Case no.20 of 2025 registered under Sections 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that on seeing police personnel all the accused left their motorcycles and managed to escape. On search, a total of 255 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from two motorcycles. It was the local chowkidar who disclosed the names of the accused including the petitioner herein.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15432 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/3 petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. Neither he is the owner of the vehicle in question nor any recovery has been made from the conscious possession of the petitioner. It is the chowkidar who disclosed the name of the petitioner only on the basis of suspicion and some oblique motive. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent and undertakes to cooperate in the case/trial.

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State who submits that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent of the same nature.

6. In view of the aforesaid facts of the case, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Sirdala P.S. Case no.20 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 1, Nawada, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023 and subject to the further condition that:- (i) He shall co-operate in investigation/trial.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15432 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 3/3 (ii) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner before releasing him on bail and if, it is found that the petitioner is involved in any other cases, his bail bond shall not be accepted by the learned Court below.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) Harsh/- U T