Saheb Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74612 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2023 Thana- FOREST (GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL) District- West Champaran ====================================================== Saheb Sahani S/o Ram Sewak Mistri Resident of Vill-Nawka Tola, Jamuniya, P.S.-Jagdishpur, Dist- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ravindra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ravindra Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 of Bihar Saw Mills (Regulation) Act as well as under Sections 41 and 42 of the Forest Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the complainant alleges that on secret information the place of occurrence was raided when accused persons fled leaving the saw mill, tractor, wood etc., further the local people disclosed the name of the petitioner as owner of illegal Chalant Ara machine.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the complainant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74612 of 2025(2) dt.19-11-2025 2/2 complainant alleges that name of the petitioner was disclosed by local person but then name of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the complaint which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is also submitted that neither the Ara machine nor the tractor, which were seized, belong to the petitioner. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the trial to prove his innocence.

5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let 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.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) 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 Forest Case No.17F/2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T