Patna High CourtCR. MISC./44064/2023bail granted

Sonu Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2023-07-14Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44064 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-103 Year-2023 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran ====================================================== SONU KUMAR SINGH SON OF RABINDRA SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- TAJPUR, P.S.- MANJHI, DIST- SARAN AT CHAPRA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Chandra Mohan Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 14-07-2023

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 has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 77.760 liters of liquor from the road in front of the house of Mantu Singh.

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, it is next submitted that he came to be implicated at the instance of villager, but then the F.I.R. does not disclose the name of the villager who

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44064 of 2023(2) dt.14-07-2023 2/2 disclosed the name of the petitioner and even the alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to the public at large.

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. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) 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 Manjhi P.S. Case No. 103 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T