Ravindra Thakur @ Ravindar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39719 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-679 Year-2020 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== Ravindra Thakur @ Ravindar Thakur, S/O Shambhu Thakur R/O VillageDumari Pakari, P.S.- Sadar, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajiv Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anand Mohan Prasad Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(a) of the Excise Act, 2016. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 0.360ml litres of liquor from the pocket of coaccused Akhilesh Thakur. Further, 1.080 litres of liquor from the shop of co-accused Vinod Paswan.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39719 of 2022(2) dt.25-08-2022 2/2 that the alleged recovery is also not from the petitioner. It is further submitted that his name transpired in the confessional statement of co-accused Akhilesh Thakur, which has no evidentiary value.

Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Muzaffarpur P. S. Case No.679 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T