Arjun Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21578 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-588 Year-2023 Thana- CHAPRA TOWN District- Saran ====================================================== Arjun Rai S/o Lalu Rai R/o vill - Chhota Telpa, P.S. - Town (Chapra Town), Distt. - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Anant Kumar 1, 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), 41(i)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 200 litres of country made liquor from the Auto. 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. It is further submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21578 of 2024(2) dt.29-03-2024 2/2 also submitted that it appears that the police, with a view to save the real culprit, falsely implicated the petitioners, when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean antecedents. 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 Town (Chapra Town) P.S. Case No. 588 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) mdrashid/- U T