Gajendra Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54545 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-57 Year-2021 Thana- MALAYPUR District- Jamui ====================================================== GAJENDRA SINGH SON OF BHAGAT SINGH R/O QUARTER NO.-1651, SECTOR 9 D, STREET NO.-38, BOKARO STEEL CITY, P.S.- BOKARO STEEL CITY, DISTRICT- BOKARO (JHARKHAND) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bishweshwar Ram, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-10-2022 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 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a), 36 and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of three cases and allegation is of recovery of 2160 litres of liquor from a truck. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is also submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54545 of 2022(2) dt.18-10-2022 2/2 the alleged vehicle and he came to be implicated merely because he is one the partners of Shri Om Bottlers and Blanders Private Limited, when admittedly he had already resigned from the post of partner on 05.04.2021 and the FIR came to be registered on 09.04.2021, it is also submitted that petitioner came to be implicated merely because of his antecedent, as he has been implicated in cases of similar nature.

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 to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Malaypur P.S. Case No. 57 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T