Patna High CourtCR. MISC./54415/2023bail granted

Sonu Kumar @ Suman Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2023-08-23Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54415 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-191 Year-2023 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Saharsa ====================================================== SONU KUMAR @ SUMAN KUMAR Son of Dara Sharma Resident of village - Batraha, ward no. 26, P.S. - Sadar, Distt. - Saharsa ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Binod Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-08-2023

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Special Case No. 191 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 133.17 litres of liquor from a dry water body.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the disclosure made by Dara Sharma that the liqour belongs to the petitioner since the alleged water body

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54415 of 2023(2) dt.23-08-2023 2/2 was adjacent to the joint house of the petitioner.

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

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 from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees 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 Special Case No. 191 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T