Govind Sikari @ Govind Kumar @ Teni @ Govind Kumar Chaudhary @ Teni Shikari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25450 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-546 Year-2023 Thana- GURUA District- Gaya ====================================================== Govind Sikari @ Govind Kumar @ Teni @ Govind Kumar Chaudhary @ Teni Shikari S/o Ramanand Sikari @ Ramanand R/o Village- Nagwan Tola, P.S.- Gurua, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Durgesh Nandan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-04-2024 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

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

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 150 litres of liquor from a place near foothills of Chalho hills. 4.

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 even alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25450 of 2024(2) dt.04-04-2024 2/2 someone.

5.

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

6.

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. 5,000/- (Rupees Five 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 Gurua P.S. Case No. 546 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. 7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the petitioner has more than one antecedent, in that event the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect. (Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T