Karan Harijan @ Karn Mehtar @ Karan Kumar @ Karan Mehta @ Karu Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30055 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-329 Year-2022 Thana- NAUGACHIA District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== KARAN HARIJAN @ KARN MEHTAR @ KARAN KUMAR @ KARAN MEHTA @ KARU MEHTA Son of Bihari Harijan Resident of village - Nayatola Mushari Patti, Ward no. 27, P.S. - Naugachia, Distt.- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, A.P.P.

====================================================== 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 45 and 75 of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. The informant alleges that on receiving information that a person in drunken condition is creating ruckus, the police reached the place of occurrence and arrested the person and while the police along with the apprehended accused were coming to the police station, it is alleged that a mob of 50-60 persons including the petitioner surrounded the police and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30055 of 2023(2) dt.18-05-2023 2/2 forcefully got the apprehended accused flee from the custody of the police.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that allegations are not specific and petitioner is a person with clean 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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Naugachia P.S. Case No. 329 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T