Mantu Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15601 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-127 Year-2017 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Mantu Rai S/o Late Rajkumar Rai R/o village-Sabalpur Chaitola, P.S.- Sonepur, District-Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Chandra Gandhi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 12-06-2020 This matter has been taken up through Video Conferencing.

Heard the parties.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272/273 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a)/33/36/41/47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Liquor was allegedly recovered from the riverside. Petitioner was not there at the time of recovery. The petitioner has stated on oath that he has got no criminal antecedent. Since there is no direct material against the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15601 of 2020(2) dt.12-06-2020 2/2 anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No. 127 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the following conditions:

(a) Both the bailors shall be the resident of territorial jurisdiction of the learned Court-below.

(b) The petitioner shall fully cooperate with the trial of the case, failing which the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner.

(Birendra Kumar, J) Mkr./- U T