Mukul Pathak @ Mukul Kumar Pathak v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54932 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-158 Year-2023 Thana- HATHAURI District- Samastipur ====================================================== MUKUL PATHAK @ MUKUL KUMAR PATHAK SON OF BIMLESH PATHAK R/V- VILLAGE- NANDE NAGAR BALAHA, P.S.- ROSERA, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-08-2024

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 Sections 30(a), 41(1), 32(3) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022 (Amended).

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 1215.72 litres of liquor from a truck. It is next submitted 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 vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54932 of 2024(2) dt.31-08-2024 2/2 petitioner was completely unaware that his driver would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged.

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

5. 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.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Hathauri P.S. Case No.158/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

6. It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T