Kantu Rai @ Lautha @ Kintu Rai @ Lautha Gop @ Kantu Kumar Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26795 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-614 Year-2022 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== KANTU RAI @ LAUTHA @ KINTU RAI @ LAUTHA GOP @ KANTU KUMAR RAY SON OF NAGESHWAR RAY RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SABALPUR PACHHIYARI TOLA, PS- SONEPUR, DIST -SARAN AT CHAPRA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shambhu Prasad Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Akbar Ali, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-05-2023 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 offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 300 liters of liquor from an area near Ganga river. 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 submitted even alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated at the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26795 of 2023(2) dt.16-05-2023 2/2 instance of Chowidar with whom he is on an inimical term. 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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Sonepur P.S. Case No. 614 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T