Sanoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65538 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-366 Year-2021 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== SANOJ KUMAR Son of Dinesh Rai @ Dinesh Singh R/v- Karneji, P.S.- Belsar O.P., District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273, 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a), 32(ii), 34(ii), 38(ii) and 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. Allegation is of recovery of 3723.81 litres of liquor from various vehicles as detailed in the FIR. 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 further submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65538 of 2022(3) dt.06-12-2022 2/2 that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of any of the alleged seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone when admittedly petitioner is person of clean antecedent.

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 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 366 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T