Mithilesh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69969 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-162 Year-2022 Thana- GHANSHYAMPUR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== MITHILESH PASWAN SON OF VINOD KUMAR PASWAN R/O VILLAGE- BISHANPUR, P.S.- GHANSHYAMPUR, DISTRICTDARBHANGA. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajib Ranjan Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 23-12-2022 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 30(a)/41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 37.8 litres of illicit liquor has been recovered from Bhusa house of co-accused, Vinod Yadav. The petitioner is said to have fled away from the place of occurrence leaving his motorcycle.

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 no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69969 of 2022(2) dt.23-12-2022 2/3 application. It is further submitted that the apprehended accused disclosed that the motorcycle belongs to the petitioner. It is also submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) 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 eight 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 Special Judge, Excise-II, Darbhanga in connection with Ghanshyampur P.S. Case No.162 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.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69969 of 2022(2) dt.23-12-2022 3/3 (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. 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