Patna High CourtCR. MISC./48216/2022bail granted

Ranjan Singh @ Ranjan Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2022-09-13Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48216 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-26 Year-2022 Thana- BHEJA District- Madhubani ====================================================== RANJAN SINGH @ RANJAN KUMAR SINGH Son of Mantun Singh Resident of village - Basipatti Noniyari, P.S.- Bheja, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anju Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar, 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 272, 273 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 454.65 litres of liquor from a drum from the backside of the house of Awadhesh Kumar Singh. 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 next submitted that the place from where the alleged recovery was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48216 of 2022(2) dt.13-09-2022 2/2 made does not belong to the petitioner and his name transpired in the confessional statement of co-accused Awadhesh Kumar Singh which has no evidentiary 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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One 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 Bheja P.S. Case No. 26 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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