Santosh Kumar @ Andhra @ Santosh Mahto @ Andhra v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43128 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2022 Thana- BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Santosh Kumar @ Andhra @ Santosh Mahto @ Andhra Son of Shyam Mahto Resident of village- Bagwara, P.S- Muffasil (Singhoul OP), Dist- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sabal Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Tarun Prasad Mandal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-10-2022 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 Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

171 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from the place of occurrence. The allegation against the petitioner is that he is involved in the trade of selling illicit liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is also submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43128 of 2022(2) dt.14-10-2022 2/2 Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty 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 Excise Judge, 1st at Begusarai in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No.223 of 2022, 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