Ravi Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41273 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-126 Year-2022 Thana- PATNA CITY CHOWK District- Patna ====================================================== RAVI KUMAR Son of Nanhak Kumar Resident of Badka Gali, Hasanpur Chai Tola, Bhikhana Pahari, Police Station- Kadamkuan, District - Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Sanjana, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Rita Verma, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. Allegation is of recovery of 1050 litre of liquor from three vehicles found near the house of Jaykant Rai and also from the street beside his house.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. He further submits

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41273 of 2022(2) dt.25-08-2022 2/2 that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of any of the vehicles and his name transpired in the confessional statement of Sudarshan Raj which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law.

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

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 from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand) 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 Patna City Chowk P.S. Case No. 126 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T