Praveen Kumar @ Hero v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41631 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-225 Year-2022 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== PRAVEEN KUMAR @ HERO Son of Dashrath Ray Resident of Village - Kanchanpur, Dhanushi , Ghataro, P.s.- Hajipur Sadar, Distt.- Vaishali. At Present Lalpokhar, Chak Jagdishpur, P.s.- Hajipur Sadar, Distt.- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 30(a), 32(ii), 36 and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 3015 litres of liquor from a truck which was parked at Ramai Ram petrol pump.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41631 of 2022(2) dt.29-08-2022 2/2 submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle and his name transpired in the confessional statement of co-accused Abbas which has no evidentiary value. 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. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty 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 Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 225 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T