Santosh Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47401 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-448 Year-2021 Thana- BARAUNI District- Begusarai ====================================================== SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH Son of Rajendra Singh Resident of Village - Amraur, ward No.03, P.s.- Muffasil (Singhaul OP), Distt.- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bipin Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 76.5 litre of liquor from a car.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle and his name transpired in the confessional statement of Ashwin lakra in police custody which does not have any evidentiary
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47401 of 2022(2) dt.13-09-2022 2/2 value.
Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
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. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty 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 Barauni (Chakiya) P.S. Case No. 448 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T