Harishankar Sharma @ Harishankar Kumar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2214 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-150 Year-2023 Thana- ANDHRAMATH District- Madhubani ====================================================== Harishankar Sharma @ Harishankar Kumar Thakur Son of Jai Kishun Sharma @ Jay Bihsun Thakur Resident of Village-Hariraha, PS.-Andhramath, District-Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Jitendra Kumar Bharti For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Sanjay Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Andhramath P.S. Case No. 150 of 2023, corresponding to G.R. No.683/2023, dated 17.09.2023 for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.
3. As per prosecution case, total 45 litres Mamshri Nepali country made liquor was recovered from a motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. No incriminating material has been
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2214 of 2024(2) dt.02-02-2024 2/3 recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, hence no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said motorcycle. Learned counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76(2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2214 of 2024(2) dt.02-02-2024 3/3 Andhramath P.S. Case No. 150 of 2023, corresponding to G.R. No. 683/2023 subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Ranjeet/- U T