Gautam Paswan @ Gautam Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74292 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2023 Thana- OBRA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Gautam Paswan @ Gautam Kumar Son Of Brijlal Paswan Resident Of Village- Mahadeva, Tejpura, P.S.- Obra, District- Aurangabad, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rahul Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 28-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather 100 litres of country made Mahua liquor is said to have recovered from bank of Sone River. He submits that the said illicit liquor is said to have been recovered from the bank of Sone River, which is open place and accessible to everyone. He further submits that petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature as stated in para-3 of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74292 of 2024(2) dt.28-10-2024 2/3 the bail application.
4. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) in Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, bearing Account No.3332964762, IFSC Code: CBIN0282779, Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch, Patna.
5. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that there is nothing recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, 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 the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Obra P.S. Case No.13 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C., subject to the further conditions that:
(1) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74292 of 2024(2) dt.28-10-2024 3/3
(2) That the bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse.
6. 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 Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) anand/- U T