Gurdeep Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32358 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2022 Thana- KHARIK District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== GURDEEP SINGH S/o Jagir Singh Resident of -H.N.-1162, Roop Nagar Housing Board Colony, Amritsar, presently residing at 136, Roop Nagar Gate, Bhagatanwala, P.S Amritsar, District- Amritsar (Punjab). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pankaj Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dilip Kumar No.1, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 28-11-2022 Heard the parties.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act-2018.

Altogether 750 ml of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a Tankar and no one was apprehended on the spot. It is alleged that petitioner and others fled away from the spot.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. Petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case at the due to ulterior motive. His name transpired in this case because he is the owner of the said tankar from which the said

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32358 of 2022(3) dt.28-11-2022 2/3 liquor was recovered. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent, as also mentioned in para-3 of the bail application. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.1,00,000.00/- (Rupees One Lakh) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/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.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five 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 Kharik P.S. Case No.34 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, as also the following conditions:

(1) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32358 of 2022(3) dt.28-11-2022 3/3 petitioner.

(2) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.1,00,000.00/- (Rupees One lakh) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T