Shanu Ranjan @ Shanoo Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31612 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-839 Year-2022 Thana- KANTI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== SHANU RANJAN @ SHANOO RANJAN Son of Manoj Ranjan Singh @ Manoj Ranjan Resident of Village - Marpa Mohan, P.S.- Phenhara, District - East Champaran. Presently Resident of Mohalla - Kolhua, Paigambarpur Bairiya, P.S.- Ahiyapur, District - Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-05-2023 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 50.400 liters of liquor from a motorcycle and Vikas was arrested who disclosed the name of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated as he is the owner of the motorcycle, it is further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31612 of 2023(2) dt.23-05-2023 2/2 submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing a crime and thus would create an evidence against himself and hence would get implicated easily, it is further submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that Vikas would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged, 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 trial court 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 trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kanti P.S. Case No. 839 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T