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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./31646/2023bail granted

Mukesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2023-05-23Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31646 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-38 Year-2023 Thana- PARSAUNI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== MUKESH KUMAR SON OF KISHORI THAKUR Resident of Ward No. 13, Harpur, P.S.- Sheohar, District-Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Hans Lal Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anant Kumar 1 ====================================================== 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 33.6 liters of liquor from three motorcycles as detailed in the FIR.

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 he came to be implicated being owner of one of the seized motorcycle. It is next submitted that no prudent

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31646 of 2023(2) dt.23-05-2023 2/2 person would use his own vehicle for committing a crime and thus would create an evidence against himself and hence would get implicated easily, when admittedly 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 Parsauni P.S. Case No. 38 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T