Ramji Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22421 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-63 Year-2022 Thana- NAANPUR District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== RAMJI SAHNI SON OF DIJAL SAHNI R/O VILLAGE- SAURIYA SUKUL TOLA, P.S.- NANPUR, DISTRICT- SITAMARHI ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Pradeep Narain Kumar, 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 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 10 litres of liquor from the house of Nirmala Devi and 30 litres of liquor from the house of this petitioner. 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 the house is a joint family property as such it cannot be alleged that it was the petitioner who had kept the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22421 of 2022(2) dt.05-08-2022 2/2 liquor in the house, it is further submitted that the petitioner came to be implicated not because he is owner of the house but based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone.

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. 2,000/- (Rupees Two 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 Nanpur P.S. Case No. 63 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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