Gulam Mustafa @ Md Gulam Mustafa v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72327 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2021 Thana- GHOSI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== GULAM MUSTAFA @ MD GULAM MUSTAFA Son of Sakil Ahmad Resident of Village - Badodih Tiliya, P.S.- Kodarma, Distt.- Kodarma (Jharkhand).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Priya Ranjan, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Anbzarul Haque Sahara, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 01-07-2022 Heard the parties.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects within four weeks. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within the stipulated period, office will place the matter before the Bench.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

Altogether 2652 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the truck. It is alleged that petitioner is the person who fled away from the spot.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72327 of 2021(2) dt.01-07-2022 2/3 in the FIR. Petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioner has neither been apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. Allegation against him is that seeing the police, he fled away from the spot. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. The said truck from which recovery has been made does not belongs to the petitioner. Petitioner has two criminal antecedent, as also mentioned in para-3 of the bail application.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 1,00,000.00/- (Rupees One Lakh) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/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 Ghosi P.S. Case No.115 of 2021, subject to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72327 of 2021(2) dt.01-07-2022 3/3 condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, as also the following conditions.

(1) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(2) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.

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