Mahendra Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.70663 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2015 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== Mahendra Prasad S/o- Late Badri Saw @ Late Badri Yadav, resident of Village- Fatehpur, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Onkar Nath, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Jitendra Kr. Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 05-02-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest for the offences alleged under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 2(E), 3, 5(D), 18 of Mahua Flower Act 2006 and Section 47(F)/13(F)/48 of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act registered in connection with Barachatti (Mohanpur) P.S. Case No. 297 of 2015.

3. It is submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated merely because he happens to be the owner of the truck from which 600 Kgs of Mahua was seized. The petitioner claims clean antecedents.

4. Having regard to the nature of accusations, gravity of offence alleged, as well as huge quantity of Mahua seized from the vehicle of this petitioner who is said to the owner, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him. The anticipatory bail petition stands dismissed.

BT/- (Vikash Jain, J) U T