Ajay Mahto @ Ajay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.293 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-393 Year-2021 Thana- SURSAND District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== AJAY MAHTO @ AJAY KUMAR S/O LATE SHANKAR MAHTO Resident of village- Sursand, Ward No- 14, P.S.- Sursand, District- Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather 135 liters of Nepali liquor is said to have recovered from the motor-cycle. He further submits that the brother of the petitioner was apprehended by the Police and motor cycle was seized along with the illicit liquor. He submits that allegation against the petitioner is that he was also

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.293 of 2023(2) dt.20-01-2023 2/3 present but after seeing the police he fled away from the place of the occurrence. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand) each in the PM Cares Fund, bearing Account No. 2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID: pmcares@sbi.

Considering the facts and circumstance of the case and the fact that there is nothing recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sursand P.S. Case No. 393/2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(1) that one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to who he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.293 of 2023(2) dt.20-01-2023 3/3 inform the court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(II) that the bailor shall also stated on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature after their release in the present case and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of the aforesaid amount in the account of PM Cares Fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T