Pratis Kumar @Pratis Kumar Singh @ Prince Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35144 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-121 Year-2021 Thana- ANDHRAMATH District- Madhubani ====================================================== Pratis Kumar @Pratis Kumar Singh @ Prince Kumar Singh SON OF Ram Kumar Singh VILLAGE- NEOUR, PS- ANDHARAMATH, DISTMADHUBANI ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Jaishankar Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-05-2024 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 Sections 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code and 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 27 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. 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 is not owner of the seized motorcycle. It is next submitted that he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Rohit in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35144 of 2024(2) dt.16-05-2024 2/2 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. 5,000/- (Rupees Five 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 Andharamath P.S. Case No. 121 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the 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) SUMIT/- U T