Harsh Gupta @ Harsh Raj Gupta @ Bhola v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39909 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-35 Year-2023 Thana- NEORA District- Patna ====================================================== Harsh Gupta @ Harsh Raj Gupta @ Bhola son of Kanwar Lal @ Hemant Kumar Gupta Village- Basudha Ps- Neora Dist- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Pawan Kumar Chaurasia ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 31-07-2024 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 Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather 58.889 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of co-accused. He submits that the name of the petitioner has been disclosed by the local Chaukidar. He submits that the similarly situated co-accused has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 11.01.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 84255 of 2023. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

4. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39909 of 2024(2) dt.31-07-2024 2/2 (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, bearing Account No. 3332964762, IFSC Code: CBIN0282779 (fifth character is zero), MICR Code: 800016018, Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch, Patna.

5. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Neora P.S. Case No. 35 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial.

6. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna. devendra/- (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) U T