Keshav Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55537 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-54 Year-2024 Thana- BHAIRAVSHTHAN District- Madhubani ====================================================== Keshav Kumar Singh Son of Harishankar Singh @ Hari Shankar Singh Resident of Village - Kishanipatti, P.S.- Phulparas, District - Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Arun Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-08-2024
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 Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 99 litres of liquor from a Toyota vehicle. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55537 of 2024(2) dt.08-08-2024 2/2 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 bond 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 Bhairavsthan P.S. Case No.54/2024, 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