Patna High CourtCR. MISC./52267/2023bail granted

Ajay Mandal @ Ajay Kumar Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

2023-08-16Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52267 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-63 Year-2023 Thana- KURSAKANTA District- Araria ====================================================== Ajay Mandal @ Ajay Kumar Mandal, Son Of Taranchand Mandal R/OSonapur Ward No. 7, P.S.-KURSAKANTA, Distt.-ARARIA ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nadimul Hasan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bishweshwar Ram ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-08-2023

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 is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 36 litres of liquor from a sack from the possession of Savin Kumar.

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 he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Savin Kumar in police custody, which does not have any evidentiary value.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52267 of 2023(2) dt.16-08-2023 2/2

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the 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. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise-2nd, Araria in connection with Kursakanta (Kunwari) P. S. Case No.63 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T