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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./32958/2023bail granted

Amit Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

2023-05-25Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32958 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-173 Year-2022 Thana- BISHWAMBHARPUR DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== AMIT YADAV Son of Nagina Yadav Resident of village - Baliwan Raimal, P.S. - Vishambharpur, Distt. - Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Setu Prateek, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Gulnar Begum, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-05-2023 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) and 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. Allegation is of recovery of 14.220 litres of liquor from a motorcycle and Dinesh Yadav was arrested. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on the confessional statement of co-accused in police custody which does not have

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32958 of 2023(2) dt.25-05-2023 2/2 any evidentiary value in the eye of law and is not the owner of the vehicle.

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 Vishambharpur P.S. Case No. 173 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T