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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./37895/2025disposed

Anjar Alam v. The State Of Bihar

2025-06-25Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37895 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-112 Year-2021 Thana- MADHWAPUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Anjar Alam S/o Aslam Darjee Resident of village - Basuki Bihari, P.SMadhawapur, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Subhash Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwary, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-06-2025

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 Sections 272, 273 and 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent.

4. Allegation is of recovery of 9 litres of liquor from a motorcycle and Ghuran Mukhiya was apprehended.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the motorcycle. It is further submitted that no prudent person would use his own

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37895 of 2025(2) dt.25-06-2025 2/3 vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Ghuran Mukhiya would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

7. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds 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/successor court in connection with Madhwapur P.S. Case No. 112 of 2021 corresponding to G.R. No. 1625 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

8. It is made clear that thereafter the learned trial court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37895 of 2025(2) dt.25-06-2025 3/3 before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T