Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42956 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-295 Year-2022 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Santosh Kumar Son Of Ramji Ray Resident Of Village- Rahar Diyara, P.SSonepur, Dist- Saran At Chapra 2.

Prince Kumar Son of Baijnath Sharma Resident of village- Turki, P.S- Turki, Dist- Muzaffarpur at present village- Bhagwanpur, P.S- Bhagwanpur, DistVaishali at Hajipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Atul Shankar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rajesh Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 11-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

There is recovery of 96.225 litres of Indian made foreign liquor from a railway quarter. The petitioners are alleged to have taken on rented the aforesaid quarter.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42956 of 2022(2) dt.11-11-2022 2/2 petitioners that petitioners were not apprehended from the spot. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have no concern either with the seized illicit liquor or the place of seizure. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. In the facts and circumstance of the case, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousands) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No. 295 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) Shageer/- U T