Praja Ray @ Pragya Ray @ Prajapati Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35285 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-50 Year-2023 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== PRAJA RAY @ PRAGYA RAY @ PRAJAPATI RAY S/O LATE RISHIDEV PRASAD @ RISHI RAY R/O Village-Balwan Tola, P.S.-Doriganj, DistrictChapra Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ramesh Chandra, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-06-2023 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 41(1) 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 862 liters of liquor from a container found at Veer Kunwar Bridge, further two motorcycles were also seized. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, and he came to be implicated based on the secret information which is the easiest

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35285 of 2023(2) dt.21-06-2023 2/2 way to implicate someone, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, it is next submitted that petitioner is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles. 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 Doriganj P.S. Case No. 50 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T