Prakash Ranjan Yadav @ Prakash Ranjan Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34581 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-246 Year-2020 Thana- DAGARUA District- Purnia ====================================================== PRAKASH RANJAN YADAV @ PRAKASH RANJAN MANJHI S/O NAVEEN KUMAR MANJHI R/O Village- Chaturbhuj Piprahi, P.S- Laukaha, Distt.- Madhubani.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-06-2023 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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act and Sections 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 1267.125 liters of liquor from a Tata Vehicle. 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 he came to be implicated based on the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34581 of 2023(2) dt.20-06-2023 2/2 confessional statement of Basudeo Bishwas in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value, it is next submitted that petitioner is not the owner of alleged vehicle from where the seizure of liquor was made.

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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Dagarua P.S. Case No. 246 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T