Birju Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73187 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-387 Year-2024 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Birju Singh S/o Birendra Singh R/o Village- Chhota Sasaram, P.S.- Udwantnagar (Gajrajganj O.P.), District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Diwakar, Adv.
For the State :
Mr.Dilip Kumar No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 24-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. Altogether 15.12 liters of country made liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. He was not apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73187 of 2024(2) dt.24-10-2024 2/3 only on the basis that the recovery has been made from his house but the real fact is that the said house is old and in dilapidated condition and is easily accessible by any one. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, bearing Account No.3332964762, IFSC Code: CBIN0282779, MICR Code: 800016018, Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Udwantnagar P.S. Case No.387 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, with the following conditions:
(i) 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73187 of 2024(2) dt.24-10-2024 3/3 inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.
(ii) 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 and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.
7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid amount in the Mahavir Cancer Sansthan.
8. The Court below is also directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner before accepting his bail bond and if it is found that the petitioner has more than one criminal antecedent, his bail bonds shall not be accepted. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T