Pappu Kumar Singh @ Pappu Singh @ Pappu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28730 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-50 Year-2023 Thana- MOHAMMADPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== PAPPU KUMAR SINGH @ PAPPU SINGH @ PAPPU KUMAR Son of Manshi Singh @ Munshi Singh Resident of village - Kateyakhas, P.S.- Mohammadpur, District - Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Lokesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

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 58.32 liters of liquor from a field kept in gunny bag. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that even the alleged recovery is from a place which is an open field and does not belong to the petitioner and he

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28730 of 2023(2) dt.18-05-2023 2/2 came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term on account of his antecedent. 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 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 Mohammadpur P.S. Case No. 50 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T