Rakesh Kumar @ Chunnu Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56044 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-604 Year-2021 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== RAKESH KUMAR @ CHUNNU THAKUR S/O LATE KAILASH THAKUR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - GANNIPUR, P.S. KAZI MOHAMMADPUR, DISTRICT- MUZAFFARPUR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Divya Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of eight cases and allegation is of recovery of 1014.780 liters liquor from a pickup van parked near Standard Service Station.

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 the petitioner is neither the driver nor the owner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56044 of 2022(2) dt.04-11-2022 2/2 of the alleged vehicle and in order to save the real culprits, he came to be implicated based on secret information because of his antecedents.

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

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 bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Muzaffarpur Sadar P.S. Case No. 604 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T