Aarif v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26385 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2020 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== AARIF SON OF KHILAFAT AJRADA R/O- AJRARA, P.S.- KHARKHODA, DISTRICT- MEERUT, UTTAR PRADESH ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sumit Shekhar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Gauri Shankar Gupta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act. .

As per the prosecution case, 3244.68 liters of foreign liquor has been recovered from a truck of which this petitioner is registered owner.

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way concerned with the alleged recovery. Petitioner has got clean

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26385 of 2022(2) dt.05-08-2022 2/2 antecedent.

Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that huge quantity of foreign liquor has been recovered from a truck of which petitioner is registered owner and he cannot escape from liability.

Considering the nature of accusation and gravity of the offence, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the same is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) BKS/- U T