Madan Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26426 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-382 Year-2023 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Madan Chaudhary Son of Late Meghu Chaudhary Resident of Village- Inai, P.S.- Revilganj, District- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 05-04-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

1. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of three cases and allegation is of recovery of 100 liters of liquor from a motorcycle.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized motorcycle and he came to be implicated at the instance of local people. It is further submitted that in majority of the cases police is implicating accused persons either at the instance of Chowkidar or local people. It is also submitted that if the local person was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26426 of 2024(2) dt.05-04-2024 2/2 occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

5. 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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Revilganj P.S. Case No. 382 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. However, it is made clear the learned Trial Court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than three cases in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T