Vikki Mahato v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42073 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-765 Year-2023 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Vikki Mahato S/O Ashok Mahato R/O Village -Ismailpur P.S.- Hajipur Sadar, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Subhash Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-07-2024 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 offences punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and 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 110 litres of liquor from two motorcycles. 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 is not the owner of any of the seized motorcycles. It is next submitted that he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Vijay in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42073 of 2024(2) dt.04-07-2024 2/2 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 Hajipur Sadar (Kajipur) P.S. Case No. 765 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. 7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the 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) SUMIT/- U T