Mantu Singh @ Rohit Singh @ Mantu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21836 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-214 Year-2023 Thana- NAWANAGAR District- Buxar ====================================================== Mantu Singh @ Rohit Singh @ Mantu Kumar S/O- Dukhit Singh R/OMohalla- Dulhinganj, P.S.- Jagdishpur, Dist.- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mrs. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-03-2024 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 45 liters of Mahua Wine from a bag. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a bag which does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of co-accused Karan Kumar in police custody does not have any

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21836 of 2024(2) dt.29-03-2024 2/2 evidentiary value in the eye of law, when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean antecedent.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

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. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Navanagar (SoneVarsa) P.S. Case No. 214 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) mdrashid/- U T