Anil Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1010 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1121 Year-2022 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== ANIL SAHANI Son of Kapildeo Sahani Resident of Village - Jhakhiya, P.S.- Banjariya, District - East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhurendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Asha Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-03-2023 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), 32, 34, 41(i) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

Altogether 17.125 liters of country made liquor is said to have been recovered from the back side of the shop of the petitioner. The allegation against the petitioner is that after seeing the police, he fled away 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1010 of 2023(2) dt.20-03-2023 2/3 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 apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case only on the basis of suspicion. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Ten 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 Turkauliya (Banjariya) P.S. Case No.1121 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.

(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.1010 of 2023(2) dt.20-03-2023 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. (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