Ram Ashish Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15917 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-537 Year-2021 Thana- DEHRI TOWN District- Rohtas ====================================================== RAM ASHISH YADAV Son of Kameshwar Yadav Resident of Village - Marwaniya, P.S.- Rama, District - Garhwa (Jharkhand). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajani Kant Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Tapeshwar 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 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 30 litre of liquor from a WagonR Car and 1065 litre of liquor from a pickup van.

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 he came to be implicated in the present case as he is the owner of the pickup vehicle, it is next submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15917 of 2022(2) dt.22-07-2022 2/2 petitioner being owner was completely unaware that the driver was misusing the vehicle for such illegal purpose. Learned counsel next submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and he had purchased the aforesaid vehicle for carrying out business but the recovery of liquor came as a shock to him.

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) 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 Dehri Town (Indrapuri O.P.) P.S. Case No. 537 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