Harendra Chaudhary @ Haro v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70337 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2024 Thana- KASHICHAK District- Nawada ====================================================== Harendra Chaudhary @ Haro S/o Late Kishun Chaudhary R/O Village- Bauri Gaytri Nagar, P.S- Kashichak, Distt.- Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Krishna Deo Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-09-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act in connection with Kashichak P.S. Case No.115 of 2024.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of four cases and allegation is of recovery of 06 liters of liquor from a village- Bauri.

4. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of local

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70337 of 2024(2) dt.27-09-2024 2/3 Chowkidar, but then it is submitted that police in majority of the case implicates either at the instance of the 'Chowkidar', local person, secret information or confessional statement in a mechanical manner without holding proper investigation. It is also submitted that once a person is implicated in a case relating to excise, in that event the police starts implicating mechanically.

5. The learned APP for the State opposes the anticipatory 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.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise JudgeII, Nawada in connection with Kashichak P.S. Case No.115 of 2024, subject to the conditions 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 antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70337 of 2024(2) dt.27-09-2024 3/3 found that petitioner has antecedent of more than four cases, in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect.

8. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T