Dhiraj Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67965 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-716 Year-2022 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== DHIRAJ MAHTO Son of Hari Mahto R/V- Chaputa, P.S- Sadar Hajipur, DistVaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Satya Prakash Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anant Kumar 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 16-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 468, 467, 420 and 414 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Sections 30(a), 32(ii), 36 and 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3897.72 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from the place of occurrence. The petitioner is said to have fled away from the place of occurrence.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that there is no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67965 of 2022(2) dt.16-12-2022 2/3 recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- (rupees two lakh) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let 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 enlarged on bail 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 Exclusive Special Excise Court No.1-cum-Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No.716 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67965 of 2022(2) dt.16-12-2022 3/3 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 Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T