Patna High CourtCR. MISC./65014/2022allowed

Pintu Kumar Ganjhu v. The State Of Bihar

2022-12-02Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65014 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-126 Year-2022 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Gaya ====================================================== PINTU KUMAR GANJHU S/O Ramdeo Ganjhu R/O Village- Ara, P.SChatra, District- Chatra (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-12-2022 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 Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 189 litres of liquor from a Mahindra Bolero vehicle. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that the name of the petitioner transpired during the course of investigation, it is also submitted that petitioner is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65014 of 2022(2) dt.02-12-2022 2/2 neither the owner nor the driver of the alleged vehicle. 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 trial court 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 to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 126 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T