Sudhansu Kumar @ Pintu Mahto @ Sudhansu Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76402 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-26 Year-2024 Thana- DHANKUND District- Banka ====================================================== Sudhansu Kumar @ Pintu Mahto @ Sudhansu Mahto Son of Maheshwar Mahto R/O Village- Malpur, Agrail, P.S.- Sakra, Distt.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Suruchi Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Dhankund P.S. Case No. 26 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

As per prosecution case, the police has recovered total 5097.6 litres of illicit liquor from truck bearing Registration No. BR09GA-6815.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge and concern with the recovered

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76402 of 2024(2) dt.25-10-2024 2/2 liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. There is no compliance of Section 100 of the Cr.P.C. Petitioner bears two criminal antecedents. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 06-09-2024, passed in Cr. Misc. No. 64902 of 2024. 5.

On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6.

Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, let 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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Dhankund P.S. Case No. 26 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Kishore/- U T