Manan Soni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18057 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-104 Year-2022 Thana- NAUTAN District- Siwan ====================================================== MANAN SONI SON OF SATENDRA SONI RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - PACHLAKHI, P.S. - NAUTAN, DISTT. - SIWAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Kumari Anupam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

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 3.800 liters of liquor from a motorcycle and Pappu was arrested, further 0.75 ml of liquor was also recovered from another motorcycle and Chandan along with Virendra were arrested.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18057 of 2023(3) dt.22-05-2023 2/2 submitted that petitioner had sold his motorcycle to Pappu much prior to the occurrence, it is also submitted that had the petitioner been the owner of the motorcycle then definitely as a prudent person he would not have used his vehicle for committing a crime and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated easily, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. 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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 104 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T