Raju Singh @ Rajeev Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28582 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2022 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Raju Singh @ Rajeev Kumar Singh, Son Of Late Gopaljee Singh Resident Of Village - Majhi East Tola, P.S.- Majhi, District - Saran (Chapra). ... ... Petitioner/S

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dinesh Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-08-2022 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, 2018.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 2000 litre of mahua and 60 litre of liquor from the brickkiln of the petitioner. 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. The learned counsel next submits that the petitioner has been implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate an innocent person in order to save the real culprit. It is next submitted that petitioner is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28582 of 2022(2) dt.12-08-2022 2/2 the owner of the brick-kiln and at the time of the alleged recovery, he was not present at the place of occurrence and it appears that someone inimical to him got him implicated through the police. It is next submitted that the petitioner is aged about 50 years and is a person with clean antecedent and all of a sudden, he has been implicated in a case relating to Excise Act at the instance of his enemy.

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. 2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Revilganj P. S. Case No.12 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