Keshav Singh @ Keshav Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21460 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-102 Year-2021 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ====================================================== KESHAV SINGH @ KESHAV KUMAR Son of Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh Resident of Village - Ratanpur, P.S. - Piprahi, District - Sheohar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Devendra Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr.Ajeet Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 05-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual Court proceedings. Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within four weeks of resumption of normal court proceedings. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within undertaken period, office will place the matter before the Bench. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Altogether 26.400 liters of Nepali made liquor is said to have been recovered from a motorcycle left behind by two persons near the house of one Raushan Tiwari. Allegation against the petitioner is that he was driving the said motorcycle. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21460 of 2022(2) dt.05-08-2022 2/3 is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. His name transpired in the case only on suspicion. Petitioner has neither been apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. Petitioner has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. The motorcycle, from which recovery has been made, does not belongs to the petitioner. There is no compliance of section 100 of the Cr.P.C. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent, as also mentioned in para3 of this application and similarly situated co-accused namely Jitendra Singh has been granted anticipatory bail vide order dated 14.12.2021 passed in Cr. Misc. No.

66835 of 2021 by a coordinate Bench of this Court. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the Juvenile Justice Fund, Bihar bearing Account No.35094613009, IFSC SBIN0000153, State Bank of India, Patna Secretariat Sinchai Bhawan Branch, Patna.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21460 of 2022(2) dt.05-08-2022 3/3 bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Piprahi P.S. Case No.102 of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, as also the following conditions:

(1) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of petitioner. (2) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the Juvenile Justice Fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T