Harendra Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65202 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-447 Year-2021 Thana- CHAPRA TOWN District- Saran ====================================================== HARENDRA SINGH Son of Late Ram Pukar Singh Resident of VillageSanrha Newaji tola, P.S.- Chapra (Muffassil), District- Saran at Chapra (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Kalyan Shankar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-06-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(i) (ii) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 120 litres of liquor from an e-rickshaw. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and the petitioner came to be implicated merely because he is the owner of the said e-rickshaw. It is further submitted that the petitioner was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65202 of 2021(2) dt.16-06-2022 2/2 completely unaware that how the driver of his e-rickshaw was misusing the vehicle.

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. 2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand) each 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 Chhapra Town P.S. Case No. 447 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

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