Mukesh Paswan @ Mukesh Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38732 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-40 Year-2024 Thana- BAHERI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Mukesh Paswan @ Mukesh Kumar Paswan son of Late Shyam Babu Paswan @ Shyam Paswan Resident of Village- Jorja Ps- Baheri Dist- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raja Ram Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-06-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022 in connection with Baheri P.S. Case No.40 of 2024.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 1025.25 liters of liquor from the house of Pappu Singh.

4. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner. It is next submitted that petitioner came to be implicated at the instance of 'Chowkidar'

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38732 of 2024(2) dt.27-06-2024 2/2 with whom he is on inimical term.

5. The learned APP for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. 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, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.5000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise-I, Darbhanga in connection with Baheri P.S. Case No.40 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect.

8. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T