Arjun Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34428 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-54 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- West Champaran ====================================================== Arjun Ram, aged about 28 years, Male, s/o Late Lakhan Ram R/o VillageDeurwa Devraj, Ward No. 6, P.S. - Lauriya, District- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjeev Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madan Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 08-03-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

In this case, the petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise Case No. 54 of 2020 registered for offences under sections 30(a)/33 of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

As per allegation, a team of Excise Officials, on receipt of secret information, raided at the place of occurrence and recovered 5 liter country made liquor from the premises of the house of the petitioner.

The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the present application. Looking to the entire facts and circumstances of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34428 of 2020(2) dt.08-03-2021 2/2 case as also considering the quantity of liquor recovered, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Jude, Excise, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Excise Case No. 54 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. as also subject to condition that whenever the police will call the petitioner for investigation/interrogation, he will remain present and if he would not present himself, the privilege of grant of anticipatory bail shall be deemed to have been canceled. It is also made clear that if the petitioner is repeats the similar offence in future, the prosecution will be at liberty to file an application for cancellation of the bail. (Shivaji Pandey, J) rishi/- U T