Dilip Yadav @ Dilip Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74793 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-356 Year-2022 Thana- BARAULI District- Gopalganj ====================================================== DILIP YADAV @ DILIP KUMAR YADAV, aged about 26 years, Male, S/O Hankar Yadav, R/v- Dharam Parsa, P.S.- Manjhagarh, District- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Babu Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 356 of 2022 for the offence registered under Section 414 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 129.960 liters wine is said to have been recovered from the car in question.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. He has falsely been implicated in the present case. There is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74793 of 2022(2) dt.20-04-2023 2/3 no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. It is alleged that total 129.960 liters wine is recovered from the car in question. The car in question does not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner is named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner has transpired in the present case on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon the order dated 13.04.2022 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Criminal Appeal No. 626 of 2022, arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 3005 of 2022 (Sweta Kumari-Versus-The State of Bihar).

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74793 of 2022(2) dt.20-04-2023 3/3 before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-II-cum-Special Judge, Excise-I, Gopalganj, in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 356 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T