Shibu Mandal @ Shibu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23322 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-320 Year-2023 Thana- SIKTI District- Araria ====================================================== Shibu Mandal @ Shibu Kumar S/o Dharmanand Mandal R/o VillageLatkharid, Ward No. 10, P.S. Sikti (Bardaha O.P.), District-Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Madhav Jha For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Sangeeta Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-04-2024
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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 13.500 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized motorcycle and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23322 of 2024(2) dt.02-04-2024 2/2 anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
5. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) 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 Sikti (Bardaha O.P.) P.S. Case No.320/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T