Karan Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51231 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-491 Year-2021 Thana- SUGAULI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Karan Sahani, son of Anil Sahani, R/O- Gorigawan, P.S. - Sugauli, DistrictEast Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Patanjali Rishi For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Arun Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-07-2024 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 35 litres of liquor from three different places. 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 does not belong to the petitioner. It is next submitted that he came to be implicated at

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51231 of 2024(2) dt.30-07-2024 2/3 the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is also submitted that in majority of the cases, the police, in a mechanical manner, implicates either at the instance of Chowkidar or local person. It is also submitted that it absolutely does not stand to reason that how Chowkidar identified the petitioner when petitioner is not known to the Chowkidar.

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 Sugauli P.S. Case No. 491 of 2021 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51231 of 2024(2) dt.30-07-2024 3/3 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