Anish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32614 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2022 Thana- CHIKSAUR District- Nalanda ====================================================== ANISH KUMAR S/o Ranjit Prasad R/o village- Chak Mahadipur, P.S.- Chiksoura, District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. Allegation is of recovery of 15 litres of liquor from the bank of river Bhutahi.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that even the alleged recovery is from a place which is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32614 of 2022(3) dt.06-12-2022 2/2 accessible to public at large and does not belong to 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.1,000/- (Rupees One 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 Chiksaura P.S. Case No. 23 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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