Ajay Kumar Gupta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75252 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2019 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Banka ====================================================== Ajay Kumar Gupta, Son of Tulsi Pd. Gupta @ Tulsi Gupta, Resident of Village - Thana Colony, Bounsi, P.S.- Bounsi, Distt.- Banka. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Renuka Ratnakar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 25-11-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

In this case, the petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Excise Complaint Case No.17 of 2019, registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

Allegation has been made that about 29 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from the Tempo, however, the petitioner is owner of the said Tempo and on the basis of confessional statement of driver, the name of the petitioner has come. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Looking to the allegation, let the petitioner, abovenamed, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75252 of 2019(2) dt.25-11-2019 2/2 or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge-II, Banka in connection with Excise Complaint Case No.17 of 2019 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a further condition that if the petitioner, after his release in this case, is again found involved in similar nature of cases then the concerned court would be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. Further condition is that whenever the police will call the petitioner for the purposes of investigation and interrogation, he will remain present for the investigation. In the event of being absent on two consecutive dates without reasonable explanation, the present order will be treated to have been cancelled.

(Shivaji Pandey, J) V.K.Pandey/- U T