Pappu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16809 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-9 Year-2022 Thana- PAUTHU District- Aurangabad ====================================================== PAPPU KUMAR Son of Ram Vijay Yadav Resident of Village - Khori Khap, P.S. - Bandeya, Distt.- Aurangabad.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bhaskar Shankar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramesh Chandra, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through the virtual Court proceedings. Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases.

Allegation is of recovery of 72 litres of liquor and 150 litres of spirit from a Sumo Victa.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that 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 owner nor the driver of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16809 of 2022(2) dt.29-07-2022 2/2 the 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.5,000/- (Rupees 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 Pauthu P.S. Case No. 09 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T