Arun Kumar @ Arun Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70753 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2022 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Sheohar ====================================================== ARUN KUMAR @ ARUN PATEL Son of Bigan Raut Resident of Ward No.- 10, Laxmipur, P.S.- Sheohar, District- Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-12-2022 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 Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 3.240 liters of liquor from the room of the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is also submitted that it has been specifically pleaded at para 11 that he has no concern with

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70753 of 2022(2) dt.20-12-2022 2/2 the said room and he came to be implicated based on secret information because of his antecedent.

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. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty 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 Sheohar Excise P.S. Case No. 19 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 more than two cases then the present anticipatory bail order shall not be acted upon.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T