Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31237 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-164 Year-2021 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar Son Of Sri Jawahir Singh R/O Village- Karhari, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Satya Prakash Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 467, 468, 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 30(a), 36 and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 3407.76 litres liquor from a truck and a pickup van. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor driver of any of the alleged vehicles and came to be implicated because of his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31237 of 2022(3) dt.02-12-2022 2/2 antecedents, it is also submitted that since petitioner had antecedents as such the police implicated him alleging that they had received secret information about the petitioner. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 164 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T