Shivam Kumar @ Shivam Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65729 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-184 Year-2022 Thana- KHODAWANDPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== SHIVAM KUMAR @ SHIVAM SINGH SON OF KRISHNA KUMAR RAM SINGH @ SHAMBHU SINGH @ SHAMBHU SINGH R/O VILL.- EKAMBA, P.S.- CHOURAHI (O.P.), KHODABANDPUR, DISTT.- BEGUSARAI ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sabal Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 09-12-2022 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 Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather 1305 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the two vehicles. Petitioner has no concern either with the seized liquor or the place of recovery or any trade of liquor. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is violation of Section
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65729 of 2022(2) dt.09-12-2022 2/3 100 Cr.P.C. There is nothing on record to indicate the complicity of the petitioner barring the confessional statement of the apprehended person which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.40,000.00 (Rupees Forty Thousand) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Khodabandpur P.S. Case No. 184 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, subject to the further conditions that
(1) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife.
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(2) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T