Patna High CourtCR. MISC./73336/2023bail granted

Krishna Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2024-02-20Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73336 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-210 Year-2023 Thana- MOHIUDDIN NAGAR DistrictSamastipur ====================================================== KRISHNA SINGH son of Kusheshwar Singh @ Kusheshwar VillageAnandgolwa Ps- Mohiuddin Nagar Dist- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bijay Bhushan Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Upendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-02-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Mohiuddin Nagar P.S. Case No.210/2023 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a), 41(1), 41(2), 32(1) and 32(2) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one cases and allegation is of recovery of 771.6 litres of liquor from a truck and a trailer. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is also submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the truck nor the trailer belongs to him and he came to be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73336 of 2023(3) dt.20-02-2024 2/2 implicated by the chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term.

4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

5. 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 from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise-2, Samastipur in connection with Mohiuddin Nagar P.S. Case No.210/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T