Vikrant v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68743 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-952 Year-2022 Thana- DANAPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Vikrant, S/O Mantu Singh @ Anuj Kumar R/O Village- Lakhni Bigha, P.S.- Danapur, Distt- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ghanshyam Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Braj Kishore Pd.(APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 29 of the Excise Act.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 1171.74 litres of liquor from Brajesh Kumar's bathan.

The 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 next submitted that even the alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated at the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68743 of 2022(2) dt.13-12-2022 2/2 instance of local people, but then the F.I.R. does not disclose the name of the local people, who disclosed the name of the petitioner.

Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

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. 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 in connection with Danapur P. S. Case No.952 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T