Sonu Singh @ Kumar Sonu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61126 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-122 Year-2025 Thana- ISUAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Sonu Singh @ Kumar Sonu Singh S/o Tarak Singh @ Tarak Nath Singh Resident of village - Datra Pursauli, PS- Isuapur, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard Mr. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP representing the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Isuapur P.S. Case No. 122 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, lodged on 24.06.2025 by the informant, Mukesh Kumar Singh.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that the Police intercepted a Scorpio vehicle on National Highway-90 and there is recovery/seizure of 623.88 liters foreign liquor. The driver escaped while the persons sitting on the navigator disclosed his name as Arjun Kumar and further informed that the person escaped is Sou Singh (petitioner
2/4 herein). This led to the F.I.R.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he neither owns the vehicle nor was driving it, only because of criminal antecedent, the Police has implicated him, if granted relief, he shall be diligently appearing in trial. Last submission is that without accepting the allegation or outcome of the petition the petitioner intends to pay Rs.20,000/- by Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India to the District Legal Services Authority, Saran at Chapra for the beautification/purchasing of flower pots/sanitary vending machine whichever is required in the Civil Court Campus, Saran at Chapra.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that the person arrested has named him.
6. Considering the submissions of the parties as also the fact that he do not own the vehicle nor anything recovered from his conscious possession and an undertaking has been given that he shall be diligently appearing in trial, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail subject to payment of Rs.20,000/- by Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India to the District Legal Services Authority, Saran at Chapra, for the
3/4 beautification/purchasing of flower pots/sanitary vending machine whichever is required in the Civil Court Campus, Saran at Chapra and the receipt of the expenditure shall be submitted to the Trial Court by the District Legal Services Authority, Saran at Chapra.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 3rd Exclusive Special Excise Act, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Isuapur P.S. Case No. 122 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C., as also with the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for next six months to mark his
4/4 attendance and at the end of the period a certificate be submitted before the Trial Court failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds; (iv) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds.
8. Let a copy of the order be communicated to the learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Saran at Chapra for perusal and needful.
(Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T