Akhilesh Ray @ Kariyawa v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44305 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-368 Year-2023 Thana- AWTARNAGAR District- Saran ====================================================== Akhilesh Ray @ Kariyawa S/O Ram Nath Rai R/O Village- Mahuani Baherawa Gachhi, P.S- Awtar Nagar, Distt.- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Krishna Yadav For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Shaheen Begum ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 11-07-2024 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 15 litres of liquor from a place beside the palani of Badri Mahto.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that he came to be implicated at the instance of local people but then the FIR does not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44305 of 2024(2) dt.11-07-2024 2/2 disclose the name of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner, which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is also submitted that petitioner has no concern with Badri Mahto. 5.

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

6.

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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Awatar Nagar P.S. Case No. 368 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the petitioner has antecedent of even one case in that event the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T