Manoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70331 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-198 Year-2022 Thana- ROHTAS District- Rohtas ====================================================== MANOJ KUMAR S/o Late Murari Choudhary R/o village and P.O.- Tilauthu, P.S.- Tilauthu, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishor Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. K. Kishore, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 40 liters of liquor from the bank of river Sone. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that he came to be implicated by the Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term, further it is also submitted that the alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70331 of 2022(2) dt.19-12-2022 2/2 large.

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

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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rohtas (Amjhor) P.S. Case No. 198 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

Further, the learned Trial Court before accepting the bail bonds shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even a single case then the present anticipatory bail order shall not be acted upon.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T