Jitendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46702 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-106 Year-2023 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== JITENDRA KUMAR S/O RAMESH KUMAR SINGH R/O VILLAGEBIBHUTIPUR MURIYA ASTHAN, PS. BIBHUTIPUR, DIST. SAMASTIPUR ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Mritunjay Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 19-09-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
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Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 272, 273, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) of the IPC and 30(a), 30(b), 32, 41, 62 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act-2022. 3.
Altogether 1707.90 litres of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the spot and it is alleged that petitioner and other accused fled away on seeing the police. 4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. Petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemies. His name transpired in this case on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46702 of 2023(3) dt.19-09-2023 2/3 the confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused. Petitioner has neither been apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor or the vehicles of recovery. Petitioner has four criminal antecedent of similar nature of offence, as also mentioned in para-3 of the bail application. 5.
Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.1,00,000.00/- (Rupees One Lac) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.
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Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No.106 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, as also the following conditions.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46702 of 2023(3) dt.19-09-2023 3/3 (i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.
(ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.
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The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.1,00,000.00/- (Rupees One Lac) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T