Hari Om Singh @ Hariom Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 55018 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2023 Thana- BALRAMPUR District- Katihar ====================================================== HARI OM SINGH @ HARIOM SINGH SON OF MAKHAN LAL SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- SAHURI WARD NO 04, PS- BIRPUR, DISTBEGUSARAI ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-08-2023

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 the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 205.185 liters of liquor from a Bolero vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that petitioner being owner of the seized vehicle came to be implicated, it is next submitted that no prudent person

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 55018 of 2023(2) dt.24-08-2023 2/2 would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evident against himself and thus would get implicated easily, it is further submitted petitioner was completely unaware that the driver of the vehicle would use the vehicle in the manner as alleged in the FIR without his knowledge.

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

6. 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. 5,000/- (Rupees Five 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 Balrampur (Telta) P.S. Case No. 8 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T