Patna High CourtCR. MISC./16779/2022bail granted

Chhotu Kr. @ Chhotu Kumar Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

2022-07-22Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16779 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-919 Year-2021 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== CHHOTU KR. @ CHHOTU KUMAR MAHTO Son of Surendra Mahto Resident of Village - Chhotaki Singhi, P.s.- Arrah Town, Distt.- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, 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 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 37.260 litre of liquor from the house of co-accused Kalawati Devi.

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 name of the petitioner transpired in the confessional statement of Kalawati Devi which has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16779 of 2022(2) dt.22-07-2022 2/2 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 and the fact that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, 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. 2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand) each 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 Arrah Town P.S. Case No. 919 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