Babalu Mahato @ Babloo Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59057 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2024 Thana- RAJAON District- Banka ====================================================== BABALU MAHATO @ BABLOO MAHTO Son of Mahendra Prasad Mahto Resident of Village - Deokhand (Sauriya), P.S.- Dandkhora, District - Katihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhananjay Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Asha Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-08-2024 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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 18.5 litres of liquor from two motorcycles. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of one of the seized motorcycles. It is next submitted that no prudent person

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59057 of 2024(2) dt.19-08-2024 2/3 would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated, it is further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware his friend, Anil, would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged, who was also apprehended along with Gurudyal and Bikram from the spot.

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. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rajoun (Nawada ) P.S. Case No. 72 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the petitioner has antecedent of even one case in that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59057 of 2024(2) dt.19-08-2024 3/3 event the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T