Sujit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29666 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2023 Thana- JANDAHA District- Vaishali ====================================================== SUJIT KUMAR Son of Chandrabhushan Sahni Resident of VillageFaridabad, PS-Jandaha, Dist-Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Nidhi Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== 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 Sections 30(a), 32(i) 36(i) and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 1918.08 litres of liquor from different vehicles as detailed in the FIR.

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 petitioner is not the owner of the vehicle and came to be implicated based on suspicion when admittedly there

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29666 of 2023(2) dt.18-05-2023 2/2 is no material to directly connect the petitioner with the offence. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Vaishali (Jandaha) P.S. Case No. 65 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T