Saniram Beck @ Sunny Ram Bek @ Sanni Ram Uraon v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57585 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-205 Year-2020 Thana- BAISI District- Purnia ====================================================== Saniram Beck @ Sunny Ram Bek @ Sanni Ram Uraon, Son of Bandhan Bek Resident of Village - Morgawn Tea Garden, Police Station - Pradhan Nagar, District - Darjeeling (West Bengal) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mukesh Kumar Rana For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-08-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272 and 273 of the I.P.C. and Sections 30(a), 41 and 47 of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and the allegation is of recovery of 5319 litres of liquor from a truck.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57585 of 2024(2) dt.13-08-2024 2/3 not the owner of the truck, but came to be implicated being holder of Mobile No.9382918815. It is further submitted that since petitioner was known to the driver, as such, he had talked, but then, that does not by any stretch of imagination could connect the petitioner with the offence in absence of proper investigation.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge Excise Court No.1, Purnea in connection with Baisi P. S. Case No.205 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57585 of 2024(2) dt.13-08-2024 3/3 before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent 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) vikash/- U T