Raju Kumar Ram @ Raju Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83912 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-689 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Raju Kumar Ram @ Raju Kumar Son of Jagdish Ram Resident of village - Kharauni Briti tola, P.S-Mirganj, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Parmanand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 13-12-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case no. 689 of 2024, registered under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, while the accused managed to escape abandoning the vehicle, 18.1 litres of liquor is said to have been recovered from the motorcycle in question.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the petitioner's possession. The allegation of recovery of 18.1 litres of country liquor from the vehicle of which the petitioner happens to be the registered owner is false and concocted. The petitioner has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.83912 of 2024(2) dt.13-12-2024 2/2 criminal antecedent.

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations in the F.I.R and the petitioner not having any antecedent under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case no. 689 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-IV-cum-Exclusive Special Judge, Excise no-II, Gopalganj.

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