Sita Ram Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89195 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-315 Year-2024 Thana- MAHNAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Sita Ram Ray S/O Rajendra Ray R/O village - Lahori Chak, P.S- Mahnar, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 07-02-2025 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.
3. Altogether 400 liters of country made liquor is said to have been recovered from bank of Ganga river near village Lahori Chak. On seeing the police, the accused persons including the petitioner are said to have fled away from the spot on boat.
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.89195 of 2024(3) dt.07-02-2025 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 local chowkidar. Some similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by this court vide order dated 16.12.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 85821 of 2024. Petitioner has two criminal antecedent in similar nature of offence as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.15,000.00 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) in the account of Lawyers' Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, bearing Account No. 7801893276, IFSC Code: IDIB000L501, Indian Bank, LNMI Branch, Bailey Road, 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 Mahnar P.S. Case No.315 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89195 of 2024(3) dt.07-02-2025 3/3 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 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 Lawyers' Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, Patna.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) priyanka/- U T