Maharana Pratap Singh @ Maharana Pratap v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1874 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-155 Year-2024 Thana- SANHAULA District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Maharana Pratap Singh @ Maharana Pratap S/o Murlidhar Sah R/o vill - Siyargarh, P.S. - Goradih, Distt. - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajive Ranjan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 05-02-2025 1.

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 under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act 2022 and Section 317(5) of B.N.S.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 47.25 litres of liquor from a car. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1874 of 2025(2) dt.05-02-2025 2/2 5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sanhaulla P.S. Case No. 155 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7.

It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of one case in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T