Chandan Ram @ Chandan Kumar Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18485 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-494 Year-2022 Thana- BIRAUL District- Darbhanga ====================================================== CHANDAN RAM @ CHANDAN KUMAR RAM SON OF BASUDEO RAM R/O VILLAGE- ARGA (AURANGA USURI), P.S.- BIRAOL, DISTRICT- DARBHANGA, BIHAR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, 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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act and Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 414 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 3554.19 liters of liquor from a truck and other vehicles as detailed in the FIR.

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.18485 of 2023(2) dt.22-05-2023 2/2 submitted that petitioner is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles and he came to be implicated at the instance of the villagers but then the name of the villagers are not disclosed in the FIR which creates doubt with regard to the veracity of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, 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 Biraol P.S. Case No. 494 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T