Raj Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66019 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-45 Year-2024 Thana- DESARI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Raj Kumar Chaudhary Son of Suresh Chaudhary Village- Amer, Ps- Bidupur, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nafisu Zzoha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Parmanand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-09-2024 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 30 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. 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 the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66019 of 2024(2) dt.10-09-2024 2/3 create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated, it is further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Rakesh would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot along with Sabal. 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 Desari P.S. Case No. 45 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 event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66019 of 2024(2) dt.10-09-2024 3/3 8.

Today 40 cases relating to excise were taken up. In 40 cases there were 44 petitioners out of which 25 petitioners were persons with clean antecedent, further in 22 cases the recovery is less than 30 liters of liquor as such the total amount of liquor alleged to have been seized is 2479.55 liters of liquor along with 15 litres of spirit and 46.5 liters of cough syrup. (Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T