Patna High CourtCR. MISC./22257/2022bail granted

Vishwanath Kamat v. The State Of Bihar

2022-08-05Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22257 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2022 Thana- LADANIA District- Madhubani ====================================================== VISHWANATH KAMAT S/o Ram Bahadur Kamat Resident of VillageMotnaje, Ward No.13, Police Station- Ladaniya, District- Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Balmukund Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 05-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 348 liters liquor from a bag which is alleged to have been thrown.

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 that his name transpired in the confessional statement

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22257 of 2022(2) dt.05-08-2022 2/2 of co-accused Jageshwar Mukhiya which has no evidentiary value.

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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees Three 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 Ladaniya P.S. Case No. 7 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) shivam/- U T