Patna High CourtCR. MISC./68867/2023bail granted

Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2024-02-19Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68867 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-549 Year-2022 Thana- BIKRAM District- Patna ====================================================== Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Kumar Singh, Son Of Pramod Kumar Singh@ Pramod Singh Resident Of Village- Nirakpur, Ps- Pali, Distt- Patna ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rakesh Bihari Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rajesh Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-02-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 467, 468, 420 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. and Sections 30(a)(b), 32(2)(3), 36, 41(i)(ii), 56 and 62 of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and the allegation is of recovery of 7747.44 litres of liquor from the warehouse of Raj Kumar Singh and from a Santro car.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted that even the warehouse does not belong to the petitioner, nor is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68867 of 2023(4) dt.19-02-2024 2/2 the owner of the Santro car. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on secret information, which is the easiest way to implicate someone.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise Danapur, Patna in connection with Bikram P. S. Case No.549 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T