Sohan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52833 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2022 Thana- DHANKUND District- Banka ====================================================== SOHAN KUMAR SON OF UDO YADAV RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - SHRIPUR, P.S. - MADHEPURA, DISTRICT - MADHEPURA ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nafisuzzoha For the Opposite Party/ :
Mr. Narsingh Tanti ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 19-08-2023 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 offences punishable u/s 30 (a) (g) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.
3. Altogether 71.01 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a car. One person was apprehended and he disclosed the name of the petitioner.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. He was not
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52833 of 2023(2) dt.19-08-2023 2/3 apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case only on the basis of statement of apprehended co-accused. Petitioner is not the owner of the said car from which the recovery has been made. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Dhankund P.S. Case No.72 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, with the following conditions:
(i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52833 of 2023(2) dt.19-08-2023 3/3 inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner. (ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.
7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid amount in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T