Arunanjay Kumar @ Arunajay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71250 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-198 Year-2020 Thana- MUFFASIL District- Aurangabad ====================================================== ARUNANJAY KUMAR @ ARUNAJAY KUMAR S/o Satishchandra Varma R/o Village- Kushawaha Nagar, P.S.- Aurangabad (Town), Distt- Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjit Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Surendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-03-2023 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 u/s 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

Altogether 946.5 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the spot. One vehicle was also seized from the spot.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. He was not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71250 of 2022(2) dt.14-03-2023 2/3 apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case only on the basis that he is owner of the vehicle seized by the police. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.30,000.00 (Rupees Thrity Thousand) in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

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 Aurangabad (Mufassil) P.S. Case No.198 of 2020, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438

(2) of the Cr.P.C, with the following conditions: (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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71250 of 2022(2) dt.14-03-2023 3/3 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 aforesaid in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T