Chhotu Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50632 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-265 Year-2023 Thana- RAGHOPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== CHHOTU KUMAR YADAV SON OF BIRANCHI YADAV RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - MANIKPUR, POLICE STATION - FULKAHA, DISTRICT - ARARIA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Mojibur Rahman, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-07-2024

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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases.

4. Allegation is of recovery of 9 litres of liquor from a motorcycle.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized motorcycle. It is further submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50632 of 2024(2) dt.29-07-2024 2/2 evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Arbind Yadav would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also arrested from the spot.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

7. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 S.T. Excise No. 2785 of 2023 arising out of Raghopur P.S. Case No. 265 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

8. However, the learned trial court, before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner, shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases in that event the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T