Munna Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66179 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-260 Year-2022 Thana- KHODAWANDPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== MUNNA SINGH Son of Chandeshwar Prasad Singh R/o vill- Manopur, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Surendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== 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.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 30(a), 32(i)(ii), 36 and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 5392.44 litres liquor from a truck, car and pickup. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to implicated based on the confessional statement of Shubham Kumar in police custody which does not have any evidentiary

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66179 of 2022(2) dt.06-12-2022 2/2 value, it is also submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the alleged seized vehicles.

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. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty 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 Khodawandpur P.S. Case No. 260 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T