Abhishek Kumar @ Bablish Sah v. The State of Bihar

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA Ms Priya, Adv. Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP. ORAL ORDER 2 04-03-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Tarari P.S. Case No.220 of 2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 60 liters of country made liquor alleged to be thrown by a scooty.

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 scooty and he came to be implicated in the case based Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12040 of 2024(2) dt.04-03-2024 on confessional statement of co-accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent.

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

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 anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Tarari P.S. Case No. 220 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. annpurna/- U T (Satyavrat Verma, J)