Lattu Singh @ Latu Singh@ Mritunjay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33280 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-60 Year-2023 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== LATTU SINGH @ LATU SINGH@ MRITUNJAY KUMAR S/O LATE RAJA RAM SINGH R/O Village-Siaruan, Ward No.06, P.S.-Jagdishpur, DistBhojpur, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 30(c) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 60 liters of liquor from the orchard of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that orchard is an open place which is accessible to villagers at large, it is next submitted no prudent person would

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33280 of 2023(2) dt.25-05-2023 2/2 use his own land for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence, would get implicated. It is next submitted that the chowkidar in order to save the real culprit falsely implicated the petitioner, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. 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 trial court 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 to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 60 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Adnan/- U T