Pintu Pasi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50002 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-206 Year-2022 Thana- RAGHUNATHPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== Pintu Pasi, Son Of Ashok Pasi, R/O- Village- Patar, P.S.- Raghunathpur, Distt.- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ramchandra Sahni For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Matloob Rab ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-07-2024 1.Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act. 3.The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and the allegation is of recovery of 24 litres of liquor from a bush.

4.The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50002 of 2024(2) dt.25-07-2024 2/3 from a place, which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of local person, but the name of the person, who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the F.I.R., which cast an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

5.Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.II, Siwan in connection with Raghunathpur P. S. Case No.206 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7.The application stands allowed.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50002 of 2024(2) dt.25-07-2024 3/3 8.It is made clear that the learned trial Court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, in that event, the present anticipatory bail application shall not be given effect to.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T