Suman Rajbanshi @ Suman Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71505 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-588 Year-2022 Thana- SIRDALA District- Nawada ====================================================== SUMAN RAJBANSHI @ SUMAN KUMAR Son of Late Baidhnath Rajbanshi R/o Mohalla- Rabio Tola Bharat Bigha, P.S.- Sirdala, DistrictNawada (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Archana Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(c) and 41 of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 500 liters of mahua jaggery solution which was destroyed at the spot from government land north of a canal. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that alleged recovery is from a land which belongs to the government and instead of holding government officials

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71505 of 2022(2) dt.23-12-2022 2/2 responsible, the petitioner has been falsely implicated in order to save the officials.

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. 1,000/- (Rupees One 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 Sirdala P.S. Case No. 588 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 of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has any criminal antecedent then the present anticipatory bail order shall not be acted upon.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T