Ajeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23177 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-32 Year-2020 Thana- INDUSTRIAL AREA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ajeet Kumar Son Of Ravindra Rai R/O Village- Diwan Tok, P.S.- Ganga Bridge, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mrityunjay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Renuka Ratnakar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 26-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2018. It is a case of recovery of English made wine from a truck.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that no incriminating wine was recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and petitioner has not been apprehended at the spot and the name of the petitioner came into light on the basis of apprehended co-accused Sanjeev Kumar @ Pahari. He further submits that similarly situated co-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23177 of 2022(2) dt.26-08-2022 2/2 accused has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court passed in Cr. Misc. No. 34934 of 2021. Petitioner has got clean antecedent.

Learned APP appearing for the State opposed the anticipatory bail.

Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Excise Court No.I-cum-Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Industrial Area P.S. Case No. 32 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) Brajesh Kumar/- U T