Saransh Agarwal @ Saransh Agrawal @ Saransh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65537 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-233 Year-2021 Thana- KATIHAR NAGAR District- Katihar ====================================================== SARANSH AGARWAL @ SARANSH AGRAWAL @ SARANSH S/O LALIT AGARWAL R/o Mohalla- Durgapur Bada Bazar, Rishi Bhawan Road, P.S.- Town Katihar, District- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rana Vikram Singh, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Gulnar Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 26-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 420, 467, 468, 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, section 7 of Essential Commodities Act, sections 51/53 of Disaster Management Act 2005 and section 3 of the Epidemic Disease (Amendment) Act 2020. Allegedly, the F.I.R. named accused persons are involved in black marketing of huge quantity of oxygen cylinders. It is alleged that petitioner is the proprietor of M/s Sati Security, which is also an accused in this case.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65537 of 2021(3) dt.26-07-2022 2/2 No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation leveled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. Petitioner is the proprietor of the accused firm M/s Sati Security, which is a duly registered firm situated at Katihar has been doing its business in legal manner without any complaint from any corner. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and from the perusal of annexure- 2 and 3, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond 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 Katihar Town, P.S. Case No. 233 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T