Ram Bhajan @ Vikram Kumar Choudhary @ Vikram Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17328 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2025 Thana- SINGHWARA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Ram Bhajan @ Vikram Kumar Choudhary @ Vikram Choudhary Son of Sanjeev Kumar Chaudhari Resident of Mirjapur Jagni, Ward No.- 13 Rampura, P.S.- Singhwara, Distt.- Darbhanga.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Saurav Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Harendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and the allegation is of recovery of 12 liters of liquor from straw house of the Rahul Sah.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and petitioner has no concern with Rahul Sah and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chaukidar.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17328 of 2025(2) dt.16-04-2025 2/2 counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge Court, Excise-II,(Excise Act), Darbhanga, in connection with Singhwara P. S. Case No. 02 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. It is made clear that thereafter the learned trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than only one case, in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but if on verification, it is found that petitioner has antecedent of one case, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) krishnakant/- U T