Bhuteli Nut @ Hiralal Nut @ Bhutal Nut v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37367 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-32 Year-2024 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Bhuteli Nut @ Hiralal Nut @ Bhutal Nut Son of Sudarshan Nut R/O Vill.- Bhaigahee, Turha Toli, P.S.- Manjhagarh, Dist.- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Vyas Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 26-06-2024
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 7.7 liters of liquor from a place near a canal, 6 liters of liquor from a place adjacent to the house of the petitioner and 4 liters of liquor from a place near a river.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37367 of 2024(2) dt.26-06-2024 2/2 and is accessible to public at large. It is next submitted that he came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 32 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. However, it is made clear 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 more than one case in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T