Raju Nat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70277 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-153 Year-2025 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR DistrictSiwan ====================================================== Raju Nat Son of Late Sujayat Nat Village- Dumri P.S -Gautam Buddh Nagar, District -Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 13-10-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with G.B. Nagar P.S. Case No. 153 of 2025 for the offence registered under sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 08.04.2025 by the informant, Abhishek Kumar.
3. As per the prosecution story, the police on secret information reached the place and there is recovery/seizure of 15 litres of country made liquor, one Umesh Kumar was arrested and he gave the name, accordingly, the FIR.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner nor has criminal antecedent but only due to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70277 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 2/3 enmity, named.
5. Learned APP Mr. Bharat Bhushan, for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail submitting that he has been named by the accused.
6. Taking into account the submission of the parties as also that nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession nor has criminal antecedent, in that background, this Court is inclined to grant him the anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. However, if it is found that contrary to the statement made in paragraph 3, the petitioner has criminal antecedent, the present order shall become infructuous.
8. Let the petitioner in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise-I, Siwan in connection with G.B Nagar P.S. Case No. 153 of 2025 subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(i) one of the bailor of the petitioner(s) should be the family members/relatives/distant relatives of the petitioner, who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70277 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 3/3 (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial court itself; (iii) the petitioner(s) shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for next six months to mark attendance and at the end of the period, the certificate be submitted to the Court;
(iv) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T