Anand Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40783 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-307 Year-2021 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== ANAND SAHNI Son of Raghunandan Sahni Resident of Village - Bari Kothiya, P.S.- Musahari, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Indu Kumari Srivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 30-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

6 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from the backside of the house of the petitioner. The petitioner is said to have fled away from the place of occurrence after seeing the police.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the petitioner has got one criminal antecedent of similar nature as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is submitted that the recovery was made from an open place. There is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40783 of 2022(2) dt.30-09-2022 2/2 Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) in Bihar State Legal Services Authority bearing Account No.0380000100252472, IFSC Code: PUNB0038000, Punjab National Bank, Patna.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let 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 enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.1, Muzaffarpur in connection with Excise Case No.307 of 2021, corresponding to P.R. No.36/2021, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that: (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T