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

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62937 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2022 Thana- MANIYARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== SUMIT KUMAR @ SUMIT KUMAR SINGH @ CHANDAN SINGH SON OF UMESH SINGH R/O 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. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, 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 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a), 36 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 1916.250 litres of liquor from a truck. 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 based on confessional

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62937 of 2022(2) dt.25-11-2022 2/2 statement of co-accused Shiv Shankar in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value, it is also submitted that Shiv Shankar is the driver and owner of the alleged truck and petitioner has no concern with Shiv Shankar.

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 Maniyari P.S. Case No. 52 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T