Chandan Singh @ Sumit Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62897 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-369 Year-2021 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== CHANDAN SINGH @ SUMIT KUMAR SINGH S/O UMESH SINGH Resident of Village- Mahua Singh Rai, P.S.- Mahua, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32(ii), 34(ii), 38(ii) and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 2023.560 litres of liquor from a pick-up van. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that he came to be implicated at the instance of the officials of the Excise Department because of his antecedent in order to save the real culprits, it is also submitted that petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62897 of 2022(2) dt.25-11-2022 2/2 is neither the owner nor the driver of the alleged 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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 369 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T