Vikram Rai @ Vikram Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30204 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-338 Year-2023 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Vikram Rai @ Vikram Ray Son Of Ashok Ray @ Ashok Rai Resident Of Village Kuleshra Dih, Ps- Sakra, Distt- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Pronoti Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-05-2023 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 is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 486 litres liquor from a pickup vehicle. 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 he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30204 of 2023(2) dt.19-05-2023 2/2 easiest way to implicate someone when admittedly the 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 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 Excise P.S. Case No. 338 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
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