Rakesh Kumar Prasad @ Master v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80152 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2024 Thana- Maghopur District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Rakesh Kumar Prasad @ Master Son of Rameshwar Prasad Resident of Village - Muskabad @ Mustafabad, Police Station - Goriyakothi (Mustafabad), District - Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Baijnath Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Lal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 04-12-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.

3. Altogether 129.6 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the place of occurrence. One person was apprehended on the spot who disclosed the name of the petitioner.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80152 of 2024(2) dt.04-12-2024 2/3 physical possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He was not apprehended on the spot and his name transpired on the basis of disclosure made by the apprehended co-accused person. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5,000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, bearing Account No.3332964762, IFSC Code: CBIN0282779, MICR Code: 800016018, Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch, Patna.

6. 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 Madhopur P.S. Case No.52 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023, 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80152 of 2024(2) dt.04-12-2024 3/3 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 petitioner.

(ii) 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.

7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid amount in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) priyanka/- U T