Ankesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70990 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-124 Year-2022 Thana- BISFI District- Madhubani ====================================================== ANKESH KUMAR S/O Shiv Chandra Thakur R/O Village- Raghauli, P.SBisfi, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Gagan Deo Yadav, Adv.

Mr.Ravi Prakash, Adv.

Mr.Rajesh Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-03-2023 Heard the parties.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 272, 273 of the IPC and section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

Altogether 684 litres of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a Pick Up van.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. Petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemies. His name transpired in this case on the basis that his mobile was found on the Pick up van but the said mobile was lost earlier by the petitioner. Petitioner has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70990 of 2022(2) dt.14-03-2023 2/3 neither been apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. The said Pick Up van does not belongs to the petitioner. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent, as also mentioned in para-3 of the bail application.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.25,000.00/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Bisfi P.S. Case No.124 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, as also the following conditions.

(1) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70990 of 2022(2) dt.14-03-2023 3/3 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.

(2) 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.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.25,000.00/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T