Mantu Kumar @ Mantu Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74598 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-96 Year-2022 Thana- GOPALPUR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== MANTU KUMAR @ MANTU KUMAR YADAV SON OF SIKANDER YADAV R/O VILLAGE- GANESHPUR, P.S.- KHARIK, DISTRICTBHAGALPUR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar Jha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 01-12-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and 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 Act.

3. Altogether 10.050 liters and 12 liters of foreign liquor have been recovered from two motorcycles and it is alleged that petitioner is the owner of one of the motorcycle.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74598 of 2023(2) dt.01-12-2023 2/3 concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He was not apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case on the basis that he is owner of one of the motorcycles but the real fact is that the said motorcycle belongs to one Mithun Kumar and a registration certificate of the original owner has been enclosed at Annexure P/2 series. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5,000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

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 Gopalpur P.S. Case No.96 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, with the following conditions:

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74598 of 2023(2) dt.01-12-2023 3/3 (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 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 Patna High Court Legal Services Committee. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T