Anand Kumar @ Chunnu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41981 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-51 Year-2023 Thana- CHIRAIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Anand Kumar @ Chunnu Singh S/O Baikunth Narayan Kumar R/O VillageChamahi, Ps. Shikarganj (CHIRAIYA), Dist. East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
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THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rahul Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Shaheen Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 05-07-2023 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 Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 24 litres of liquor concealed under the straw in a mango orchard along with 20 litres liquor found near a canal. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term, it is further submitted that even the alleged
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41981 of 2023(2) dt.05-07-2023 2/2 recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner.
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. 1,000/- (Rupees One 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 Chiraiya (Sikarganj) P.S. Case No. 51 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
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