Bijay Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33602 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2024 Thana- NAYAGAON District- Saran ====================================================== Bijay Rai S/o Mahesh Rai RESIDENT OF BARIYAR CHAK, P.S. - NAYAGYON, DISTT.- SARAN ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Vishesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anil Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-05-2024
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 180 liters of liquor from Chhitupakar Diara.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated by the local people but then the name of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the FIR which casts an
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33602 of 2024(2) dt.09-05-2024 2/2 aspersion on the case of the prosecution and it appears that the police in order to save the real culprits falsely implicated the petitioner taking advantage of his antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. 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 Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 43 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. However, it is made clear the learned Trial Court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T