Abhimanyu Kumar Singh @ Abhimanyu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.36359 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-136 Year-2018 Thana- BANIAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Abhimanyu Kumar Singh @ Abhimanyu Singh, son of Sri Arjun Singh, resident of Village- Belkunda, P.S. Jalalpur, District- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Sri Udai Shankar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 28-06-2018 Heard Sri Udai Shankar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The sole petitioner, having clean antecedent , which fact has been stated in paragraph no. 3 of the petition, apprehending his arrest in connection with Baniyapur P.S. Case No. 136 of 2018 , registered for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, has prayed for grant of bail in the event of his arrest or surrender . It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been made accused on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused. According to learned counsel for the petitioner save and except confessional statement , there is no other cogent material to connect the petitioner in the present case.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36359 of 2018(2) dt.28-06-2018 2/2 Considering the fact that petitioner is having clean antecedent as well as the fact that he has been made accused only on the basis of confessional statement of co -accused made before Police, there is no reason to refuse the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let petitioner Abhimanyu Kumar Singh @ Abhimanyu Singh be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- ( rupees ten thousand ) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.D.J. VIth, Saran at Chapra / concerned court in connection with Baniyapur P.S. Case No. 136 of 2018 subject to the conditions as contemplated under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (Rakesh Kumar, J) praful/- U T