Ravi Shankar Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38259 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-195 Year-2018 Thana- LALIT NARAYAN UNIVERSITY District- Darbhanga ====================================================== RAVI SHANKAR MEHTA Son of Maya Shankar Mehta Resident of Ward No. 2, Village- Babubarhi, District- Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajib Ranjan Jha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 28-10-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with L.N.M.U. P.S. Case No. 195 of 2018 arising out of G.O. Case No. 796 of 2018 registered under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Further submission is that the car in question belongs to one Rohit Raj, son of Jang Bahadur Prasad, Resident of Shiv Colony, Machli Gali, Raja Bazar, Patna having Registration No:- BR01-BL-5509. The said car was sold to the petitioner on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38259 of 2020(4) dt.28-10-2021 2/2 11.09.2018 and Rs. 35,000/- is still due.

Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State opposed the prayer of the petitioner by contending that the car in question was sold to the petitioner. Hence, this is not a fit case for anticipatory bail.

Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer of the petitioner is rejected. (Arvind Srivastava, J) utkarsh/- U T