Sonu Kumar Ram @ Sonu Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27650 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2022 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR District- Siwan ====================================================== Sonu Kumar Ram @ Sonu Ram, Son Of Late Sat Lal Ram @ Chhote Lal Ram R/O Village- Satwar, P.S.- G.B.Nagar, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/S

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramesh Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act, 2016.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 15 litres of liquor from a place under a tree in front of petitioner's house.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, even the alleged recovery was made from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to public at large and he came to be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27650 of 2022(3) dt.29-09-2022 2/2 implicated at the instance of Chhathu Prasad and Raju Kumar with whom he is on an inimical term.

The learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with G. B. Nagar P. S. Case No.69 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T