Vidhan Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31802 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-196 Year-2023 Thana- MUFFASIL District- West Champaran ====================================================== VIDHAN CHAUDHARY Son of Bhuti Chaudhari Resident of villagePatarakha, Police Station-Manuapul O.P., District-West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Brij Kishor Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, APP ====================================================== 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 has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 17 liters of liquor from a place near a river bank. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested 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 is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner and petitioner, who is on an inimical term with the Chowkidar,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31802 of 2023(2) dt.23-05-2023 2/2 came to be implicated by him because of his 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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Bettiah Muffasil Manuaul P.S. Case No. 196 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T