Suraj Kumar Jha @ Chano Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23148 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-295 Year-2021 Thana- SUPAUL District- Supaul ====================================================== SURAJ KUMAR JHA @ CHANO JHA SON OF LATE GUTTAR JHA R/OBARAIL, WARD NO.-4, P.S. AND DISTRICT- SUPAUL ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Subhash Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Md. Iftikar Mahmood, 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 has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 930 liters of liquor from an open field in front of the poultry farm of one Manas Pandey.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the confessional statement of apprehended co-accused which has no evidentiary value.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23148 of 2022(3) dt.05-08-2022 2/2 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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Supaul P.S. Case No. 295 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
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