Rajiv Ranjan Jha @ Rajeev Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30416 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2022 Thana- PATRAKARNAGAR District- Patna ====================================================== RAJIV RANJAN JHA @ RAJEEV RANJAN Son of Arvind Kumar Jha Resident of Village - Kari Home, P.S.- Mahua, District - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jay Ram Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kalyan Shankar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) (b) (c) (d), 32(1) (2), 33, 34 (b) (iv), 36, 41(i) (ii), 47 and 56 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 09 liters of liquor, 72 bottles of 100 ml each containing 90% alcohol, two liters of dense chemical used for making alcohol, 20 litres spirit and many empty bottles from Arbind Kumar's house, further 375 ml liquor with 765 empty bottles and 64 bottles of 750 ml each empty bottles from pickup and 225 bottles of 750 ml from Sanjay Kumar's rented factory. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30416 of 2022(2) dt.12-08-2022 2/2 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 does not belong to the petitioner and his name transpired in the confessional statement of Bablu Kumar which has no evidentiary value. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the cost of repetition, submits that 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. 2,000/- (Rupees Two 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 Special Case No. 1654 of 2022 arising out of Patrakarnagar P.S. Case No. 142 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T