Santosh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52400 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2022 Thana- MADHWAPUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== SANTOSH YADAV SON OF JIBACH YADAV @ BAMBAM YADAV R/O VILLAGE- BALWA, P.S.- MADHWAPUR, DISTRICT- MADHUBANI ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Gagan Deo Yadav Mr.Ravi Prakash For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 272, 273, 414, 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 1440 liters of Nepal country-made liquor has been recovered from a pick-up van.

It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the vehicle in question. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation. However, learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52400 of 2022(2) dt.11-11-2022 2/2 petitioner has got two criminal antecedent of similar nature. Considering the huge recovery of illicit liquor and the fact that petitioner has got criminal antecedent of similar nature, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay/- U T